Indeed, weren't the Zoroastrians the dark "Other" of the Islamic world, just as the Jews were for Europe?It's hard to see how to get this to happen without butterflying away Islamic expansion eastwards, but why not? Zoroastrianis today suffers from much the same phenomenon as Hinduism and Jusaism, only more so. There is nmo missionary impulse because for a very long time, converting people was a nonsurvival trait.
Zorastrianism gaining popularity in India is not possible, but with pakistan it is a possiblity if islam is butterflied away. India being a monotheism does not work because of the existing diversity due to the human flow at different times of history. Everytime humanity moved to india due to differnt reasons like invasion, migration, persecution, they came with their own set of ideas, beliefs and got integrated into sanathana dharma. As such sanathana dharma became a melting pot and in course developed commanalities. As such if you ask hindus what are the set of rules they follow every one of them will say it differently even in a single household. India's uniqueness is mainly due to sanathana dharma though some of my peers dont agree.
I would love Zorastrainism as a major world player then we would be out of clutches of the prosletyzing by islam and christianity which is causing major disturbances in many south east asian countries. any religion which does not depend on converts for eternal salvation is a good religion. The backlash of Zionism, hinduism and buddhism against conversion fanatics will cause major disturbances politically and also in the basic thread of societies itself.
It's hard to see how to get this to happen without butterflying away Islamic expansion eastwards, but why not? Zoroastrianis today suffers from much the same phenomenon as Hinduism and Jusaism, only more so. There is nmo missionary impulse because for a very long time, converting people was a nonsurvival trait. Without being ruled by Islamic states, it is quite conceivable that Zoroastrian branch religions could become successful in Central Asia. Mithraism, too, was a Zorioastrian offshoot, and it did pretty well for itself until it got killed off by Theodosius.
It would probably be a good idea to kill the Sassanids anyway, though. Their state version of the religion was pretty unappealing.
I dunno about that. Zurvanism was the religion of most of the Sogdians and others in Central Asia, so it can't have been that horrible.It would probably be a good idea to kill the Sassanids anyway, though. Their state version of the religion was pretty unappealing.