Do Christians believe Zoroastrianism existed nearly a thousand years before Christ?

The two have a lot in common: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06faith.html?ex=1315195200&en=848ddbd441347089&ei= 5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

yes i doorIo

I thought it was 500 years before Christianity

yes i do. i still believe Jesus is the son of god, died, rose again.

Zoroastrianism has anything to do with El Zorro and Antonio band eras????

Yes, and had it not been for the Crusades, Christianity would have been nearly wiped out by Islam, as well.

They do indeed. I've always been intrigued by the fact that the first to recognize and pay homage to Christ were three magi or Zoroastrian clergy. Plus,an offshoot of Z is Mithraism (the European version) which has several obvious points of similarity to Christianity.

Those were the wise men that followed the star. do they believe? certainly, they followed the star. I'm a christian and have had many discussions with others on origins of certain things. i was 10 when the dead sea scrolls were found in the cave and seeing it on newsreels....yup, i believe

Of course, I know this.
Of course, God was around before anything or anyone else.
God bless you!!