Analysis of Zoroastrianism Based on Reason and Religious Scriptures

Religion has always existed in human life, and no one is without religion. The true and valid religion is the one that has been revealed by God for the present time. This study, applying an analytical-descriptive method and library-based research, provides an overview and analysis of the Zoroastrian religion, which is one of the extant religions. The probable history of this religion dates back to three thousand years ago. The Avesta, the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism, consists of five sections. The first section, known as Yasna, contains seventeen hymns that some researchers believe to be the work of Zoroaster himself. The language of the Gathas is Indo-Iranian, distinct from Persian, and it is very obscure and full of secrets. Belief in one God, the prophethood of Zoroaster, the existence and immortality of the soul, the afterlife, heaven and hell, judgment, and the sending future prophets by God are among the tenets of this religion. Deviations from the core teachings of Zoroastrianism include belief in kinds of dualism, excessive veneration of fire, non-burial of the deceased, consanguine marriage, the difficulty or impossibility of some laws, the validity of Magi decrees, and similar issues. Zoroastrianism does not proselytize and instead refers its adherents to future prophets in subsequent millennia. Therefore, such a religion is fundamentally incompatible with the demands of the contemporary era, and the assertion of its gReligion has always existed in human life, and no one is without religion. The true and valid religion is the one that has been revealed by God for the present time. This study, applying an analytical-descriptive method and library-based research, provides an overview and analysis of the Zoroastrian religion, which is one of the extant religions. The probable history of this religion dates back to three thousand years ago. The Avesta, the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism, consists of five sections. The first section, known as Yasna, contains seventeen hymns that some researchers believe to be the work of Zoroaster himself. The language of the Gathas is Indo-Iranian, distinct from Persian, and it is very obscure and full of secrets. Belief in one God, the prophethood of Zoroaster, the existence and immortality of the soul, the afterlife, heaven and hell, judgment, and the sending future prophets by God are among the tenets of this religion. Deviations from the core teachings of Zoroastrianism include belief in kinds of dualism, excessive veneration of fire, non-burial of the deceased, consanguine marriage, the difficulty or impossibility of some laws, the validity of Magi decrees, and similar issues. Zoroastrianism does not proselytize and instead refers its adherents to future prophets in subsequent millennia. Therefore, such a religion is fundamentally incompatible with the demands of the contemporary era, and the assertion of its global nature and the necessity of universal adherence of it is rendered void. lobal nature and the necessity of universal adherence of it is rendered void.