The Brother Faith is Dying

An article in today's NY Times predicts that Zorastrianism is dieing.

Zorastrianism is Judaism's not so secret lover. We once lived together in Noble Persia and much of modern Judaism grew from that contact ... angels, the devil, ... maybe even the tradition of milk and meat.

We, along with others of that 2500 years away world, benfited from this religion and this peole's tolerance.

Now, without the blood stained Holocaust, the religion of the fire is near death. Like Jews, Zorastrians are kept people in Iran .. their ancient home. Not allowed to control their own schools or live as equalas, the Zorastrians are leaving, intermarrying and just dieing.

Of course the Zorastrians have fled ... to the US, a country that owes much to ancient Persian tolerance. The Jesus story has dep roots in Zoraster's teachings.

But Islam's tolerance is not very supportive of this people of the book. It si ahrd to tell yor kids that they should remain in the people, marry in the people, when the reuslt is dhimmihood.

In the outside world, this tolerant religon is dieing through acculturation. Like the spotted owl, the last Zorastrian may have been borne already.

The great work of their prophet, Zoroaster still rings with the sounds of cows and the holy fire. A religon wiht a hisotry of tolerance .. may soon be gone.