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My God Can Beat the Shit Out of Your God For discussing any and all religious viewpoints. Intolerance will not be tolerated. Keeping your sense of humor is required. Posting messages about theological paradoxes is encouraged.

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  #1   Add shitty wok to your ignore list  
Old 2007-11-08, 22:27
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Question Zoroastrianism going extinct?

With the mad mullahs in charge of Iran, has the Zoroastrian religion been driven off the Earth? It seems likely, since Islamic prayers (Salat) is clearly plagiarized from Zoroastrianism...
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  #2   Add Rolloffle to your ignore list  
Old 2007-11-08, 23:24
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All of Islam is plagiarized.
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Old 2007-11-08, 23:27
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All of Islam is plagiarized.
Islam plagiarized christianity.

Christianity plagarized ancient astrologic religions
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Old 2007-11-08, 23:53
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There are around 30,000 Zoroastrians still around, all in one community, iirc, though I can't remember where it was. I want to say in eastern India, on the coast, near a little country whose name I forget.
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Old 2007-11-09, 00:56
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Yah, there are still groups of them in Iran, Pakistan and India. Mostly a result of a religion that doesn't accept converting others and Muslims surely killing off many of them.
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Old 2007-11-09, 01:55
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Zoroastrianism--there's a religion that never sold out!
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Old 2007-11-09, 02:17
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Quick! Everyone convert! We can still save Zoroastrianism!
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Old 2007-11-09, 10:58
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Zoroastrianism always makes me think of Zorro.

http://www.whisky-jack.com/zoro/images/iroiro/zorro.jpg
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Old 2007-11-09, 11:02
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Zoroastrianism always makes me think of Zorro.

http://www.whisky-jack.com/zoro/images/iroiro/zorro.jpg
Don't worry, not many realise it was in fact founded by Zorro, and that beneath the religious exterior it is in fact dedicated to swashbuckling like a badass.

True Story.
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Old 2007-11-09, 11:07
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Don't worry, not many realise it was in fact founded by Zorro, and that beneath the religious exterior it is in fact dedicated to swashbuckling like a badass.

True Story.
Consider me converted!
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Old 2007-11-09, 16:33
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Quick! Everyone convert! We can still save Zoroastrianism!


One of the reasons there are so few of them is that it's an extremely ethnic religion. They don't accept converts. Again, iirc, they even strongly oppose copies of the Avestas being published outside their communities.

Edit: Hm, Wikipedia says many things differently from what I remember reading years ago. Specifically, ~200k alive world-wide, and at least one notable convert, which suggests that conversion is certainly possible.
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Old 2007-11-12, 11:44
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I thought Ford owned Mazda.
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Old 2007-11-12, 12:17
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I thought Ford owned Mazda.


They do.
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Old 2007-11-12, 19:05
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My 1st year at OSU, my dorm roommate was one of these. He was a really cool guy, but sometimes a little of a bitch. Cock-blocked me numerous times. And then later found out he had this huge crush on my girlfriend of 2 years.
But all in all, he was a nice guy.
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Old 2007-11-12, 21:11
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My 1st year at OSU, my dorm roommate was one of these. He was a really cool guy, but sometimes a little of a bitch. Cock-blocked me numerous times. And then later found out he had this huge crush on my girlfriend of 2 years.
But all in all, he was a nice guy.


Was he srsly or just for the lulz? Was he born in Iran?
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