What Is Zoroastrianism? | Oh My God
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- 2500 years ago, Zoroastrianism was the world's most powerful religion and since then it has had a major influence on Christianity, Islam and Judaism. With followers from Freddie Mercury to Nietzsche, many argue that it shaped the world as we know it. Today, it is one of the smallest religions, with around 150,000 followers. How did it lose its power and what does it mean to be a Zoroastrian today?
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The reporter should learn the meaning of being respectful...
Thank you, I though I was making it up in my head but the guy is a douché bit someone who believes his part of the chosen people what else can he do
How does someone get the bona fides to reach his position without ever having heard of zoroastrianism. OMG! What an asshole! I do admit I learned stuff though. But I wish she had smacked him when he wouldn't shut up
"don't talk ... At all." ::Talks a bunch, and never takes the hint::
@Frater_SateNihil wtf. I'm Christian and most of my friends are Christian. I have some Muslim and Jewish friends. First of all, most people of Abrahamic Faiths would be far more respectful.
@Frater_SateNihil that is the truth
The amount of disrespect and rudeness from this reporter apalls me. The ridiculous comments he makes ruins this video completely.
He’s just being white in my opinion
I completely agree.
I was thinking the same thing, his behavior is deplorable.
Your ridiculous. It's amazing in a modern world people still waste their one and only life on this garbage and bullshit. SCIENCE IS AND SHOULD BE OUR ONLY THING WE WORTH WORSHIPING, FOR ONLY SCIENCES HAVE GIVE US ANSWERS! Not false and fake man made gods and cults!
@@nesikhaNofret white... lol didn't you hear what his religion is
I stayed for Zoroastrianism, but it took much of my willpower to withstand the cringe of the presenter.
The reporter is just a White person being white. Doesn’t matter if he’s Jewish. I couldn’t watch the whole thing without taking breaks…the disrespect is too much
@@nesikhaNofret I think you are mistaken. He's an American Jew. Its not simply that he's "white" at least by your measure. To assume that all white people act in the same manner as the particular American Jew only speaks to your ignorance around the many White peoples and their cultures, let alone your ignorance around the unique particularities of individuals within a group.
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@@Seapears he had to be told about 5 time to shut up. Nothing to do with being white 😂
YOU GO OFF BUDDY!!! YOU"RE RIGHT SIS
Wow, I want to call the guy a derogatory name because....She LITERALLY said no talking "AT ALL" NUMEROUS times and the damn guy STILL disobeyed her. WHAT? Like...What were his parents like? I can't imagine he was raised properly because he doesn't know how to listen and follow directions!
He's a Jew
This entire series is incredibly off-putting just because of the ignorant disrespect the presenter shows. "We can't talk in here," doesn't mean "ask a bunch of questions quietly." Save them for once you're finished the ceremony! I've seen hyperactive toddlers act with more dignity than this guy. I get the need to have an "every-man" to help get viewers feet in the door, but this is just a whole other level.
I agree, the reporter is such an ass. He very rarely actually acts appropriately.
I don’t know how I made it to the end of this video but wow it was an experience. Definitely not the way they intended though. I can understand being excited and asking questions but be respectful and do some research to ask insightful questions or bring about intelligent conversation. Especially if you’re the host of a documentary series, good lord.
For real, I couldn't imagine behaving like this. Biting my tongue.
First time watching his videos. Wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be a mockery of the religion or actually educational.
Bwahahah... AGREED!
Zoroastrians: We’re the first monotheistic religion.
Host: Do you have a clean socks god?
I'm not religious but the lack of respect for these peoples religion was really sad. They let him see and attend things that he wouldn't be allowed to in most places and mocked them and acted like a 2 year old.
Y'all really need a new host!!!
I couldn't finish this video because the guy was being so disrespectful and talking during the ceremony. She literally told you not to talk like 3 times before you went in there!! He was acting like a child!
yeah, I stopped watching 4 min in
He's a Jew
The presenter seems disrespectful and rude
I feel he's taking it as a joke and if this could possible the one true religion as Christian it seems we share a lot and the way I read the bible yahwey can't be Jesus father and the 3 magis that came to Jesus and how Jesus contradicts a lot of what yahwey has said such as an eye for an eye Jesus says turn your other cheek, yahwey commands taking of oaths Jesus says you should not take oaths and that anything more than yes or no is from the evil one, very suspect.
You just want to slap him. What can't he understand about, 'We can't talk'?
I dont think the reporter is intentionally being rude. I think he's just one hell of a nimrod.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and agree. 😂
@@ima3lien506 yea, actually I'd say he tried, and wasnt offensive.
he shouldn’t be a reporter on these subjects
@@infoskrimp420 That solves the problem
I am Devoted Hindu(Vaishnavite) I have huge respect towards Ancient Iran and their religions dammit they built 4 Empires ruled 1000 years in ancient times
1.Achaemenid Empire
2. Sassanian Empire
3. Prathian Empire
4. Median Empire😊😊😊😊
I couldn't finish it. The presenter is one of the most annoying people to have ever walk the planet.
17:05 ... Congratulations. That was stupid enough, I literally face/palmed at work.
God that was awful
Zoroastrianism, became the foundation for the organization of major religions, including Islam, Christianity and Judaism. What was a core belief of the Zoroastrian religion? Good and evil were locked together in a cosmic battle for the human race. The most important doctrine of Zoroastrianism was moral dualism, which saw the world as a battlefield between the divine forces of good and evil!!! And this why in my opinion I truly understand that this religion is the realest religion!!
Dual worship is not true because Zoroastrians only worship Ahuramazda and not Satan
I agree with you. Unfortunately you must be born one, no really way to convert. 😕
@@jeremys6631 not correct. there ARE converts into Zoroastrianism from other faiths. there is now more efforts put into propagating Zoroastrianism to a wider audience.
@@vtino4825 not true of what? You just repeated what I said 😂
I can see why folks think presenter’s disrespectful. But I think it’s that he’s super interested and full of curiosity that totally overtook him. She didn’t get angry with him because I think she clearly understood and tolerated his exuberance. Sometimes we assign negative intentions. He’s very awkward with his humor, as in the clean socks comment. Overall, this doc has been interesting and informative. I’m glad he did it.
Wow, what a great example of how not to be a documentarian. This is not Parable’s fault, they didn’t make this, they just acquired the rights to some Canadian public TV production.
But still, the quirky tone of this for a religious documentary is rather distasteful, and this host is INCREDIBLY tone deaf and disrespectful. Not to mention a little creepy.
I was with you until you had to use the most overused word in modern history. Creepy. I don't know how he's creepy. But I agree with everything else
The guy mentioned that he's a Jew
BBC and timeline did better job on zoroastrianism than parable ,although much appreciated for enlightening productions.
"No talking at all- at all- at all." >guy immediately starts talking once he gets in there
U went to indian persians means indian Zoroastrian
I agree can’t even finish it base on this guys freakin idea of what respecting another religion or person should look like
Ironically I clicked this because I was aware this was one of the very first monotheistic religions... But this reporter... I wish he would also confirm or dispute with evidence that 1 guy claimed of "the 3 wisemen being Zoroastrian". Now I need to fact check myself -_-
The Three wise men are sometimes referred to as Magi. And a Magi is the term the Greeks referred to Persian Zoroastrian priests who studied astronomy, mysticism and sciences. It's where we get the word Magic/ Magician. But the word Magi literally translates to wise man. Ergo, the three wise men were Zoroastrian priests, and the fact that they followed a star compounds this because of their understanding of astronomy. Hope this helps
@@alexpare2030 wow thank you for this info!
@@alexpare2030 excellent, informative, and succinct 👍
@@alexpare2030 do we know where they got their understanding/knowledge of astronomy and astrology from? From what I know, which isn't to much, astrology originated from the Babylonians. Does zoroastrian knowledge predates this?
@@anthonystaton8508 A lot of ancient cultures saw significance in astronomy and astrology. It's possible that Babylon influenced Persian astronomy since Persia conquered the Neo Babylonian empire, but ancient Middle Eastern cultures influenced each other all the time. So it's possible that it was prevalent as a practice before it was associated with Babylon or Persian Zoroastrianism.
Stopped watching because the presenter was absolutely awful. No thanks.
I'm afraid that no matter who watches this video, they will all be more intelligent than this host. This man is insufferable. Really, completely disrespectful.
I turned this off after approximately 5 minutes, despite being very interested in the content. The presenter was incredibly rude and disrespectful...ignorant. I will go elsewhere to get the information I am looking for. Please consider removing this video from your line-up. Thank you.
No talking! ....and proceeds to talk just like a child.
Please get a new reporter.
They showed a lot of patience with this child of a man.
Maybe he was nervous or maybe he is just incapable of showing restraint.
The guy mentioned that he's a Jew
Awesome. I cant stop watching this Channels' vedios. So so much knowledge is here... Love this Channel....
I feel like a child would have had more respect as a journalist than this man. First talking when told not to then the comment about a "God of clean sox" made me die of cringe. I commend the patience of the people in this video. You can tell they were just determined to educate the audience and had to deal with this fool.
It’s so frustrating what people have to go through to be heard by the media majority (western world) even when the person is blatantly being childish.. ugh
The guy mentioned that he's a Jew
how horribly disrespectful. what a disgusting man
you had one job
The disrespect with the talking after being told not too, is beyond me.
This guy is weird
Wow, mormon temple robes look just like theirs.
How can I learn more about this?
Awesome window for others to learn something about the religion of ancient PERSIA ( IRAN ) now . Greetings from Minneapolis MINNESOTA 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏻🙏🏾. The Almighty AHURA MAZDA BLESS YOU ALL around the world 🌎🌍
@Noah Scheid lol this sect was never the religion of ancient persia or morden persia
Impressive 🔥
“Is that a bed sheet?” 🙄 omg where did you find this presenter… person
This guy is offensively superficial... He's completely discounting the actual religion or any of the beliefs and just focusing on "these people bow here, and this people wear this and dance and wave these sticks."
No interest at all in anything more.
Daraius Bharucha has the patience of a saint, wow
Interesting religion
The mother of all the great religions.
No the father of all demons my friend, they signed the birth certificate of devil
mother of all religions is Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) you all copied in different forms,So believe and workship what you follow but don't do Adharma( Wrong doings like lust,greed, Anger which you call as devil,Saythan etc., in different religions) these three will create chaos between humans this Kaliyuga The last cycle of era where other religion also have same thing your Karma(actions or deeds) will define you and it's consequences are all connected to your actions ,be a good human being that doesn't mean you have to follow rituals just pray in your heart let your god hear you ,help others try to stay away from (lust,greed,Anger) in our holy text their is seperate section for this era called Kaliyuga( which you people call as judgement day etc.,)it is said people will cheat each other like in relationship, everyone will go after money,the humans will fight with each other politically and within then country,girl child will attend puberty in early age, people will consume more meat than usuall, destroying the mother nature all these happens
@@user-hi5rn4db4k Do you even know what respect is? And what if someone mocks your religion?....
Whatever the shortcomings of the reporter's approach, it was an engaging and authentic exposure that conveyed the rituals and meaning of the religion.
Zoroastrism and Judaism are among the oldest monotheistic religions. But the first mentioned is still the cult around the Pharao Aton (Echnaton) in ancient Egypt far before our other candidates.
How zarathustra is believed to live between 2500 to 2000 bce and pharaoh aton lived 1353 to 1336 bce so I just don't understand the logic here
@@Fireball5015Prophet Abraham peace and blessings upon lived before prophet zaratushtra.
@mohamedusaid456 firstly he lived in 1800 bce and secondly it is only said in the Bible there are no other sources. Thirdly propher zoroaster lived in 2000 bce and lastly zoroastrianism is the oldest monotheistic religion and it has influenced all 3 abrahamic religions. Now How could it have influenced judaism if it came later
@@Fireball5015 prophet Abraham peace be upon him lived before 20bce and Judaism started from the teaching of moses peace be upon him who was born in 13-12bce. Prophet zoroaster was born in 16-10bce.
"Prophet can be different but the message of god is same around the universe"
@mohamedusaid456 UK drugs r bad for you right don't do them
I being an Christian.....But I follow & like seriously this religion because lord Yahveh & Ahura Mazda both are unique.....
As a Persian, I see this presenter as a rude Spartan and I understand why our enemies learn from them!!
What
The reporter almost comes across like a poorly behaved 12 year old. You are told NOT to talk during a ceremony. First thing you do? Start talking during the ceremony. And it doesn't get any better from there.
Ty
The reporter guy is tone deaf and being disrespectful. This is not how the documentary should be. Im sorry for the people in the video to meet such person.
He is Schmitt from the new girl
The more religions i learn about, the more i am convinced in the good of humanity, and how morality comes from nature itself. As members of a social species, morality i think, comes as a prerequisite.
Knowledge resides in silence. From the Invisible One.
The guys who were talking about the scriptures and the Avesta are correct; the origins of Judaism is the Avesta.
Welcome to golgumbaz, South Indian 🇮🇳
Ok first 1 min 24 sec and wrong if you see artifacts mentioning zoastrnisim there go at least 15000 years and zoaster himslef said to live at least 8000 ago
Is this the "oh my god!" Documentary created by father of the supreme gentlemen?
i was a bit annoyed with the guy being so disrespectful but everything made sense at 09:27
The original ideas from Zaoraster were reasonabely good and progressive for its time, since it promoted good deeds, good thoughts and good words, and encouraged people to do good and ovecopme over evil deeds and create heaven here on earth. Later however, in the mid 3rd century A.D., in the Persian Sasanid dynasty (in Iran) it became more and more complictaed, formal state religeion and lost its positive momentum during the next few centuries. Curiousely, it was faded and eventually defeated first by Christianity and then by Islam, two of the three Abrahamic religeions, that were so much influnenced and shaped by the theology and central belief system in Zaroatrianism.
The fire is a portal to hell
Says a ignorant
You lost me at 3:31.
Wow!
In Turkish we use the word 'gariban' for someone who's poor; but in a little bit positive perspective, like the 'meek' in Jesus.
So, that little pocket where Z.'s figuratively carry their good deeds, became a word for destitude in Turkish....
In Hindi and Urdu ( Indian and Pakistani language ) 'Garib' is the word for someone poor
You could say that Judaism was basically co-opted by Zoro and other stories from the region. The story of Sargon=Moses, The epic of Gilgamesh=Noah etc.
Dorood and Praise the religion of wisdom and righteousness, the religion that emphasizes on happiness and prosperity on earth. I see between differences from Parsi’s community and the Persian Zoroasters in Iran. I have a big love and respect for both as they keep our ancesters ways even to this day. The zoroasterian school of thoufht has deep roots in Iranian culture and literature, and even after Arab colonialism to this day, these elements are still very much alive and present in Iranians lives.
Wrong, ahuramazda never came to zoroaster, zoroaster realized "aşä", the ultimate law that the entire universe hold up to, by self-reflection
Or information dijiye
Very disrespectful...sock God??
Ahura Mazda is the Anunnaqi ( Enlil)
Someone tell me where he lives. Please
how interesting.
I loved this documentary. I've read a lot about it previously but seeing is so much better.
I have been looking for some books on Zoroastrianism but haven't found anything mind sharing some of the books you've read?
God bless you
Judging by all the similarities with others monotheistic religions (not shown here but do you research), this only prove that there’s only one God, only one!
The host of this that kelp talking after being told not to during the service should be ashamed of him how disrespectful can you be
The host is so annoying!
"Zoroastrians don't worship fire"
...proceeds to bow down together in a temple before a giant shiny goblet of fire.
by that logic musl!m worship a rock and chr!stians worship mary
Good episode but the host was pretty disrespectful.. talking in the temple, talking about the “clean sock god” I know he’s just trying to be obnoxiously funny. But it was just obnoxious.
At first, I was in agreement with the other comments about his lack of respect. After thinking about it, it seems more like it’s less about what’s respectful, than it is about what’s sacred. He seems like he might have come from a home where boundaries were constantly being challenged, hence his constantly testing the boundaries of the religion. At least to me, it seemed more like an impulse than actual lack of respect.
Relatively smart nber hahaha
I only kept watching because I want to learn but I hated how rude the host was
Oh yes 😃
Extremly respectless reporter and some respectless sound effects as well. Sad that it is ok filming ,a guy without manners in holy spaces, interacting with the people and the faith, the way he did, especially since its a religious documentary from a religious youtube channel.
There is so much wrong with his behavior and a lot of things he said.
Crige and uncomfortable presentation, have seen quite a bit of bad journalism, but personally i feel like this takes the cake.
I came here because of “Bohemian Rhapsody “
Around 16:04the girl looked so uncomfortable for some reason
The host at times made me cringe with his gestures and comments. I almost felt like he was patronizing towards Zoroastrianism with his childish questions and remarks.
Thats a bummer😒
I think people need to realize that this series is aimed towards teens and young adults. As such, the producers want to make it as "entertaining" as possible. I think the reporter is fully capable of being quiet and respectful. But the producers want to add a bit of comedy by making it seem like he is unable to remain quiet. Though this does seem incredibly disrespectful, we must remember that permission had to be given to even bring a film crew into the ceremony, so the talking segment was most likely fully planned and permissible in this case. I'm not saying whether this is right or wrong, but I really don't think the reporter is to blame for his actions. He is just following a script.
JESHAN IS A WORD OF PUSTO , WHICH MEAN A PARTY ✋ A DANCE PARTY ✋ IT ALSO CALL SHOWING SOME THING TO SOME ONE ✋A JESSIN CAN HAPPEN IN SOME ONE widing .
By ahura mazda that women is so beautiful!
Wow, I am blown away by the negative comments coming from the followers of this faith. It gives me the impression that these people are extremely prideful, arrogant and judgemental of anyone that they consider inferior to them for not understanding their fate and asking questions. That's why it is written that the last will be the first and the first will be the last, that is if their arrogance and pride doesn't cause them to fall past the point of redemption.
Sorry, I couldn't continue watching. Sadly I found the reporter unbearably rude and immature. I wanted to continue but I'll have to find another source.
I watched until he couldn't be respectful of the request pertaining to no talking.
Blatantly obvious how discussed by him she was
The guy was told not to say a word and what does he do almost right away? He starts talking and it's so disrespectful! I'm not religious at all but that infuriated me! Super rude and I turned it off because I couldn't even look at him after that!!
People, please understand that the filmmaker did not intend in any way to be disrespectful, but rather asked all the questions out of curiousity.
I think we should not be hostile toward those who are not familiar with something new.
Thank you. Folks get overly sensitive in such matters thusly, they cross over into the sin of judgement.
He was insensitive tho, seemed like he didn't really appreciate much of what he was learning.
Prophet Zoroaster never ever start worshiping fire 😔
One and only one god... You can call him Ahura Majda, or allah or any other name but the concept have to be ONE
Why was he so disrespectful in the ceremony?
I've never seen a more condescending video in my life. And so disrespectful. Please be respectful of other people, it's not complicated.
Wonder if something happens when they get to 144,000 left 👀
In india also people pray the 1 true God Ahura Mazda by doing havan
It is best that we silently adore our Creator.
LONG LIVE PERSIANS ❤