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Yeah, no kidding. Iran hasn't been "the place for Zoroastrianism" in a very long time.

• jajko 2y ago
  If you think that Zoroastrianism there is heavily punished there by authorities, you are severely mistaken. Officially their number is roughly the same as in India, but in reality its much much more and they face no repressions that I could anyhow see or gather from talking to locals. But its not hard to understand why official numbers would not represent reality, unlike say in India which is cca democracy and this group is quite powerful there. Or do you have more of personal experiences from Iran that contradict mine? I've also been to beautifully restored old christian church in the heart of the big city (forgot which one, maybe Isfahan), no issues I just went in, there were masses happening there regularly. No hassle anywhere.
  • moneywoes 2y ago
    is the decline due to the restriction around who can convert into the religion
    • vundercind 2y ago
      I think it’s also one of those doesn’t-seek-converts plus you-leave-if-you-marry-outside religions. Those two things plus lots of secrecy around actual beliefs and practices (that one’s less of a problem with Zoroastrianism iirc) seemed to always be factors in a book I once read about vanishing near-East religions. Basically mimetic-evolutionary action, if the religion has the wrong properties it’ll tend to decline.