If 6th century BC Zoroastrianism predates and has influenced the 3 main monotheistic
then surely it is proof that the plagiarize of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are NOT the truth?
As "the oldest of the revealed cradle religions," Zoroastrianism "probably had more influence on mankind directly or indirectly, more than any other faith."
Paganism predates all religions. It's a few thousand years old. So yeah, I'd say it proves that not only A) all future religions were influenced by it, but B) it's the most true religion one can practice.
Ah... the truth that the worlds major religions dint want to hear, that their set of myths are actually derived from earlier myths from earlier religions.
You are kind of mixed up a little there. Age does not prove truth. Jesus started Christianity in the first century.
But think on this, if we were all born from one man and one woman then all of us and our religions had a common start.
Just like the branches of a tree, true religion split into many off shoots. That does not mean that the true religion is not still going strong. It is up to us as individuals to find it.
Zoroastrian influences and predating are often ignored by or unknown to the Western Monotheists,
especially in such topics as the All Goodness of God the Supreme and Universal,His demand that His followers be ethical and morally upright,angels,Paradise, Hell and revealed inspired scriptures.
No, its quite modern by some cultural standards - religion is a patchwork quilt of many cultural ideas. Zorastorism was the first to tie them up in a neat package and it influenced the Romans. However, the much older tribes of the globe had equally different but important ideas that have been swallowed up by the big three.
This is an enormous simplification I will not go into. I hope that if you stand back and think for a minute you will see the flaw. You reduce the history of religion to the level of a cross-words puzzle.
Is it possible to name your sources? Your quote is from the kipped Zoroastrianism.
Zoroaster was sent by God, indeed. But later prophets such as Moses received revelations from God, fully compatible with what had been handed down to Zoroaster. Every religion absorbs influences from surrounding cultures. E.g. The idea of the Logos went from Greek philosophy, via Alexandrian Judaism to early Christianity.
If 6th century BC Zoroastrianism predates and has influenced the 3 main monotheistic
