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Zoroastrianism

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Result: Delisted, 24 citation needed tags (t · c) buidhe 00:42, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The prose for this article is not always clear and concise, and large chunks of this article are left uncited. Therefore, I believe delisting this article should be considered. 777burger ^{user talk contribs} 03:31, 13 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Historically, the unique features of Zoroastrianism, such as its monotheism,[5] messianism, belief in free will and judgement after death, conception of heaven, hell, angels, and demons, among other concepts, has either directly or indirectly influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including the Abrahamic religions and Gnosticism,[6][7][8] Northern Buddhism,[7] and Greek philosophy.[9] Juniper Gnowell (talk) 08:27, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. changing current "may have" to a definite "has either directly or indirectly" needs explicit backing Cannolis (talk) 09:36, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Also, I have no idea what the user wants to be added, deleted, or modified. Veverve (talk) 10:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It is nowadays widely believed that the Avestan period, ie., the period in Iranian history when the Avesta was produced, mostly covers the late Bronze age to the Iron age and therefore predates the Acheamenid perios by several centuries. I wonder whehter a subs-section should be added to the article that summarizes the current state of scholarship on this topic. Kjansen86 (talk) 15:38, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There are many deities in Zoroastrianism so it cannot be considered monotheistic. HonestAnglo44 (talk) 19:19, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There are multiple deities indeed, and Mazdaism is known more as a dualistic religion rather than a monotheistic one. However, one may argue and say it’s monotheistic because Ahura Mazda (aka Ashura) is the supreme being with no equivalent evil force or deity.

If you’d like, you can provide some sources that can attest to your statement and an editor may include it somewhere in the article! :)

WikiAmerican1 (talk) 05:14, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Zoroastrianism passed through both a monotheistic and a more dualistic phase. It succeeded a prior Iranian pantheon, many of whose entities were internalized within Zoroastrianism as angels and demons, from where they influenced the Abrahamic tradition. I'm not aware of it ever being a monolatry though. Iskandar323 (talk) 06:28, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Zoroastrianism is Monotheistic, not Monolatric. There is Only one Single Uncreated Deity in Zoroastrianism. The Angels should Not be Confused With Deities. Researcher1988 (talk) 10:40, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I believe there may be various levels of understanding due to how Zoroastrianism changed / was perceived over time. Ahura Mazda, the creator of the universe, and Angra Mainyu, the opposing force to Ahura Mazda. This is why it’s seen as a dualistic religion. WikiAmerican1 (talk) 14:41, 5 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I deleted the following paragraph from the history section because most of the beliefs attributed to Silk Road Seattle were not evident upon inspection of the source.

Silk Road Seattle believes that Chinese wu practices in the 9th century BCE, which inspired later Taoist beliefs,^[1] lost to history might have been inspired by Zoroastrians.^[2] The Silk Road Seattle writer also believes that Zoroastrian magi might have served in Western Zhou courts, and implies that Victor H. Mair's writing about the cross potent's appearances in both Neolithic West Asia and China later on and the cross potent's ties to the character for wu is possible evidence for this connection.^[2] Pmokeefe (talk) 12:22, 16 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

according to a 2020 poll by GAMAAN, with a sample size of 50.000 iranians conducted by phone interview, approximately 7.7% of iranians identified as zoroastrian. despite this being from one survey, considering it was conducted by a non iranian institution, i think it’s important to consider as that would mean possibly 6.7 million followers of zoroastrianism live in iran. 160.3.241.49 (talk) 07:38, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This article is very problematic, for it treats Z im a very different manner than e.g. Christianity. To name but one example:

"Historically, the unique features of Zoroastrianism, such as its monotheism, messianism, belief in free will and judgement after death, conception of heaven, hell, angels, and demons, among other concepts, may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including the Abrahamic religions and Gnosticism, Northern Buddhism, and Greek philosophy."

This is true for pretty much every religion (external influence), yet such a paragraph right in the beginning is missing in the article about Christianity. 2001:1716:4604:4B00:C5A5:8935:67F5:A69F (talk) 09:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]