Why are the Parsi's so obsessive about their bloodline? After all the first Prophet or Founder, Zarathustra, to whom Ahura Mazda spoke and revealed himself, for the benefit of I would assume human kind, had a message for all, he wanted spread out.
The very first Parsi's were converts to the religion. And by no account in their known history, Ahura Mazda chose Zarathustra/Zoroaster for this privilege for being Parsi! He was chosen because he was a good man who reflected and meditated....so why did the Parsi Zoroastrians, fleeing the Islamic persecution in Iran/Persia, finally seeking refuge from King Porus in India, and being allowed to receive sanctuary, became this rabidly obsessive, blood line based exclusive Member's club, where a religion meant to be spread was now to stay contained within a patrimonial blood line, no one quite has a good answer. But it is a custom, and hardly anyone breaks it.
They have reached the point of extinction in a world that is otherwise exploding in over population.
The Parsi's are a rather valuable community to India. Overwhelmingly, their population, even when poor is better than your average citizen. They are intelligent, have a reputation for propriety and honesty, and legendary entrepreneurship.
Here is one rather insightful article on this community:
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-why-parsi-girls-won-t-pick-parsi-boys-for-marriage-1578032
Why the Parsi people, cannot challenge this suicidal interpretation of their Faith is beyond me. Their scriptures are not hidden. They are available, preserved and readable.
The ideological extremism of their, as it were Priests is not supported by their own scripture, but sadly the Parsi's don't pick up their own scriptures and verify their facts.
They have chosen to believe and abide by a rather absurd interpretation, and choosing doom for the entire community and as it were race. Might as well. There is after the ISIS blood bath an upsurge in Iranians, who had given up Zoroastrianism, now converting back, because the message of the faith, is simple, practical and uplifting. They don't have the absurd blood line belief
Really what a tragedy for the Parsi's. Still even with the meagre conversions now, Zoroastrianism is very minority religion in the world, and will simply be extinct sooner than later. Not the first time it happened in Human History.
http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/6714-vanishing-pointthe-last-remaining-parsis-delhi
And this article is insightful! Parsi's are questioning this rigidity in their ethnic group, and clearly it comes from a patriarchal system, not religion. They recognize it even, but can't change it. They accept that they are ousted. Oh Come on! Fight back. Some tight assed oldies, cannot take your religion away from you by virtue of a whim!
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/challenges-of-being-parsi-in-a-mixed-marriage
And here is an article that speaks to this march to extinction that they are witnessing in their midst:
https://parsikhabar.net/culture/mumbai-parsis-divided-on-intermarriage/2058/
And here is an article that will make you smile as well. Indeed frozen in time... :)
http://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/no-pairing-please-were-parsi-column
The very first Parsi's were converts to the religion. And by no account in their known history, Ahura Mazda chose Zarathustra/Zoroaster for this privilege for being Parsi! He was chosen because he was a good man who reflected and meditated....so why did the Parsi Zoroastrians, fleeing the Islamic persecution in Iran/Persia, finally seeking refuge from King Porus in India, and being allowed to receive sanctuary, became this rabidly obsessive, blood line based exclusive Member's club, where a religion meant to be spread was now to stay contained within a patrimonial blood line, no one quite has a good answer. But it is a custom, and hardly anyone breaks it.
They have reached the point of extinction in a world that is otherwise exploding in over population.
The Parsi's are a rather valuable community to India. Overwhelmingly, their population, even when poor is better than your average citizen. They are intelligent, have a reputation for propriety and honesty, and legendary entrepreneurship.
Here is one rather insightful article on this community:
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-why-parsi-girls-won-t-pick-parsi-boys-for-marriage-1578032
Why the Parsi people, cannot challenge this suicidal interpretation of their Faith is beyond me. Their scriptures are not hidden. They are available, preserved and readable.
The ideological extremism of their, as it were Priests is not supported by their own scripture, but sadly the Parsi's don't pick up their own scriptures and verify their facts.
They have chosen to believe and abide by a rather absurd interpretation, and choosing doom for the entire community and as it were race. Might as well. There is after the ISIS blood bath an upsurge in Iranians, who had given up Zoroastrianism, now converting back, because the message of the faith, is simple, practical and uplifting. They don't have the absurd blood line belief
Really what a tragedy for the Parsi's. Still even with the meagre conversions now, Zoroastrianism is very minority religion in the world, and will simply be extinct sooner than later. Not the first time it happened in Human History.
http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/6714-vanishing-pointthe-last-remaining-parsis-delhi
And this article is insightful! Parsi's are questioning this rigidity in their ethnic group, and clearly it comes from a patriarchal system, not religion. They recognize it even, but can't change it. They accept that they are ousted. Oh Come on! Fight back. Some tight assed oldies, cannot take your religion away from you by virtue of a whim!
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/challenges-of-being-parsi-in-a-mixed-marriage
And here is an article that speaks to this march to extinction that they are witnessing in their midst:
https://parsikhabar.net/culture/mumbai-parsis-divided-on-intermarriage/2058/
And here is an article that will make you smile as well. Indeed frozen in time... :)
http://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/no-pairing-please-were-parsi-column
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