Friday, 14 April 2017

The obscure religion that shaped the West

quote [ It has influenced Star Wars and Game of Thrones – and characters as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche and Freddie Mercury have cited it as an inspiration. So what is Zoroastrianism? ]
[SFW] [religion & spirituality]
[by arrowhen@6:46amGMT]

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midden said @ 12:58pm GMT on 14th Apr
cb361 said @ 5:30pm GMT on 14th Apr
Like Zoroastrianism?
mechanical contrivance said @ 5:49pm GMT on 14th Apr
Like Zoroaster. Your way doesn't make sense.
the circus said @ 1:19am GMT on 15th Apr
I'm no expert, but if you find this sort of thing interesting, there is the idea that the reason Jesus never wrote anything himself was because Jesus was just the teachings of Zoroaster presented as the teachings of a fictional Nazirite. If anything, it's kind of fishy that his birth is heralded by three Magi (Zoroastrian priests) following a single star (Zoroaster means "indivisible star" in Greek).

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