In my opinion (you might not care) I think that reincarnation is not plausible in the real world. Scientifically speaking how would I have my consciousness transferred after death into an animal or another human. I just think it makes no sense.
And in response to the poster above me...
I heard about it in my history class at school, went home and did research on it and then I found this forum. Your posts in fact have helped me a lot :)
This thread is for anyone who is or is interested in Zoroastrianism. Since there isn't an official introduce yourself thread for this dir I thought it would be interesting to see what the users here are and or what they believe.
I am Matthew and I am a Gathic (Gathas) Zoroastrian.
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Monogamy isn't adressed per se but there are verses which scholars claim to refer to this subject. An example would be Matthew 19:3-6. But no, the NT does not say word for word that monogamy is to be practiced.
This view is based a lot off of what denomination of Christianity is in question...
It came from the Parsis which do not allow converts. In @Rival 's thread she has a quote from the average which proves conversion is allowed.
Yes saoshyant is a sort of savior which is supposed to be born from a virgin
I read somewhere that it is possible to convert to Zoroastrianism (not parsi), I am not sure if that is true so if it is what do i have to do other than follow the teachings of Zoroaster and help Ahura Mazda