Zoroastrianism

1) Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions, emerged from a polytheistic religious environment. As you see it, what are the ethical, ritual and theological implications of the shift from polytheism to monotheism?
Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religion and it was founded by the Prophet Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism is an ethical religion which teaches that humans have their right and perspective to choose between good and bad which can affect their destiny based on their choice (Zoroastrianism, 2015). Zoroastrianism teaches to pray and believe in God who is a creator of all and who is One God. They worship in a direction of fire or light which represents a light of “Ahura Mazda”. They are more an ethical but not very ritualistic. Also, Zoroastrianism is a minority religion in Iran because of the suffering from Arabs as they tried to destroy this religion and being forced to convert to Islam (A Brief Introduction to Zoroastrianism, n.d.).

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Alan W. Miller listed eight different types of people who are called Jews in the American society based on his introduction to The God of Daniel S.: In Search of the American Jew. These ranges are called orthodox Hasidic Jew because their parents or grandparents were born as Jewish. There are some people who consider themselves an atheist even though they are Jews because Judaism cannot be defined in terms of religious belief (Lewis M. Hopfe, 2016).

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A Brief Introduction to Zoroastrianism. (n.d.). Retrieved from Kwintessential: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/religion/zoroastrianism.html
Zoroastrianism. (2015, November 10). Retrieved from ReligionFacts.com: http://www.religionfacts.com/zoroastrianism
Lewis M. Hopfe, M. R. (2016). Religions of the World. Arizona State University: