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What did Zoroaster believe?

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Answered by Anonymous
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Reincarnation is not taught in the traditional Zoroastrian scriptures and was not a part of traditional Zoroastrian beliefs. There are nevertheless some Zoroastrians believing in reincarnation, especially those following some mystic movements, like the Khshnoomists, which exist among the Indian Zoroastrians but not among the Iranian. But even among the Indian Zoroastrians such beliefs do not represent the mainstream theology. There were also some Zoroastrians believing in reincarnation during history due to the influence of other religious traditions such as the gnostic Manichaeism, yet never became close to being mainstream.

The fact is that some of the Zoroastrian scriptures and traditional beliefs are explicitly incompatible with reincarnation, and you thus may believe in reincarnation as a Zoroastrian only if you rejected these. This is especially true for the texts (like the book of Bundahishn) describing in greater details the traditional Zoroastrian eschatological beliefs about the bodily resurrection and the reunification of families at the end of times. The belief in the reunification of families would hardly become an important part of the religion which preaches countless rebirths among various individuals, many such religions on the contrary support the monastic seclusion from the family bonds which are seen merely as a temporary distraction.

Answered by captainkhan85
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Zoroastrians believe that the world is battle ground between good and evil forces. However the material creation of God does not enjoy the same immunity.

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