Thursday, July 19, 2012


Why The United States will not leave Afghanistan anytime soon!

                                                                        
                                                 The flag of Afghanistan                                        Coat of Arms of Afghanistan 

                                                            Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afġānistān جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان



Above a 5th century BC carving of Median and Achaemenid soldiers at a time when the region was known as Aryana.
                                     Darius the great mentions theKabul Valley” in a list of the 29 countries he had conquered

 

 

                                               

The invasion

The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the United States of America was direct response to the 9/ 11 incidents masterminded by the Al Qaida. At that time the above terrorist group’s headquarters was located in Afghanistan which was under the protection of the Taliban government.

 

                                                                    1997 Osama Ben Laden interview in Afghanistan

                                                                                         By a Pakistani journalist

 

The invasion was solely for security purposes. At that time the U.S. had no knowledge of the existence of any natural resource in Afghanistan in significant amount to justify an invasion, such as those that existed in Iraq, namely the oil.

 

The discovery of minerals

Sometimes after the invasion the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have found out that Afghanistan is rich in undiscovered natural resources. The Pentagon hired a major mining-consulting firm to compile information on the most promising sites in a format attractive to foreign investors. The effort paid off when western investors, led by J.P. Morgan Capital Market, injected $50 million into a small artisanal gold prospect in an alpine valley east of Mazar-e Sharif.

In 2009 the USGS, by using satellite imagery remote sensing, surveyed Afghanistan’s arid plains and high mountains and also on-the ground fieldwork, under military cover, have mapped Afghanistan’s deposits of critical mineral and found out that, beside the existence of the ordinary minerals such as; gold, copper, iron, lead, zinc, mercury, etc, there are rich reserve of “rare-earth elements”.

 

The usage of the rare-earth elements

The rare-earth elements are used in high-tech industry such as; Scandium in Aerospace; Yttrium in laser, TV, computer, microwave etc; Lanthanum in oil refining, hybrid car batteries; Cerium in Catalytic converters, oil refining, glass lens production; Praseodymium in aircraft engines, carbon arc lights; Neodymium in computer hard drive, cell phone, high powered magnets.

There are rich deposits of, at least fourteen other known, rare-earth elements in ragged mountains of Afghanistan that all can be used in high-tech consumer products similar to those mentioned above. For more detail information about mineral deposits found in Afghanistan pleas refer to Scientific Americans magazin, October 2011 issue, pages 58 through 65.

 

At the present time China provides 97 percent of the world’s rare-earth element which makes the other industrialized countries of the world nervous. By some estimate, when the Afghanistan’s rare-earth elements become marketable, it will put an end to China’s monopoly of those elements.

 

Regional problems

Production in Northern Afghanistan, where the Taliban influence is minimal, has already begun by Chinese and Indian companies. But most of the deposits, specially the important rare-earth elements, are located in the Southern region which is under the Taliban influence that at the present time is not safe for investment.

 

Estimated income for Afghanistan

The experts believe that when these resources come to full production, Afghanistan will become the Saudi Arabia of rare Earth elements. These resources will create, annually, billions of dollars of revenue for the government and millions of jobs for the Afghans that could put an end to the dependency of the nation to foreign aids and could, tremendously, reduce the cultivation of the elicit opium.

For example; the value of iron concentrated in Haji-Gak mountainous terrain near Kabul is estimated at whopping $420 billion that could bring $300 million a year revenue for the government of Afghanistan.

            

Conclusion

 

With above in mind the United States presumably, while will pull out its combat troops as scheduled, has following double edged interests in having political and economic presence in Afghanistan for a very long time.

1-      To make sure that the American companies will have the chance to get portion of the future contracts, especially on the discovery and production of the rare-earth elements. Chinese and Indians companies have already signed long term contracts for the discovery and production of several types of ordinary minerals in Northern Afghanistan.

2-      The income from the above resources will put an end to the U.S. financial aid to Afghanistan and also will reduce the dependency of the nation on cultivation of opium that is the source of drug trafficking to the U.S. and the rest of the world. 

 In my opinion if the Talibans come to their senses, they will realize that the exploration of these natural resources will be a win/win situation which will pull Afghanistan out of poverty. But unfortunately that is a long-shot since Islamist are too fnatic and emotional not rational. That is why all countries with Islamic oriented culture are poor, backward, and so far behind the rest of the world. 

It is your intellect that takes you to a prosperous status not your emotion or your religious belief.  

Present day Aghani men dressed in yesteryears fashion

When the day comes that Afghanistan will realize the income from those natural resources, if Afghan leaders are wise enough they will allocate a great portion of that income toward educational programs which is the best way to campaign against ignorance and religious fanaticism. In that sense Afghanistan has a long way to go. 



Sunday, July 15, 2012


Are present day Zoroastrians actually Zorvanist? 
Updated January, 2014


Sometimes after Zarathushtra’s messages became popular with the majority of intellectual Iranians, the Magies, in order to save their upper class position in the society, jumped on Zarathushtra’s bandwagon but they never understood the depth of the Zarathushtra’s doctrine. And after Zarathushtra’s death these Magies gradually injected their own ancient beliefs into Zoroastrianism assuming that they are doing Zarathushtra a service. This trend has continued throughout the Iranian history and got even worse during the Sassanid dynasty.

The Sassanid Era
Ardeshir Babakan, the founder of the dynasty, who himself was a Mobed, in order to counter the advancement of the newly found Christianity that was spreading fast including into the Persian Empire territory such As Georgia and Armenia, he made the Zoroastrianism the official religion of the country (first time in the nation’s history).

The above policy had created tremendous amount of political power for the Magies of Sassanid era who were wrongfully calling themselves Mobed. I say wrongfully because the Mobeds are Zoroastrian spiritual leaders while the Magies are the pre-Zoroastrian spiritual leaders mostly followers of Zorvan.

Things got worse during the Sassanid because a tremendous amount of administrative power that the religious authority used to enjoy with the availability of government budget had created an atmosphere of contest, on religious knowledge, among the “Mobeds”. Higher knowledge in religion eventually would result in a higher position in government administrative positions and more wealth.

With that in mind, during over four centuries of Sassanid dynasty, a great number of Mobeds have written numerous books injecting different ideas, old and new, into Zarathushtra’s doctrine to a point that at the end of that dynasty’s reign the religion called Zoroastrian had nothing to do with Zarathushtra’s doctrine whatsoever with the exception of its name and the three mottoes of "Andishehy Neek, Goftar-e Neek ,Kerdar-e Neek". As a mater of fact, in most cases, their beliefs and their practices were and is exactly the opposite of Zarathushtra’s teachings.

For example, one of the principle Zarathushtra’s teaching, recorded in Gathas (the only writing that is left written by Zarathushtra himself) is freedom of choice while the Sassanid used to impose their religion on others and used to persecute non believers. They killed Maani and his followers in third century AD. And brutally killed Mazdak and massacred his followers in fifth century AD. Neither the Achaemenid, nor the Parts imposed their religion on others.

Cyrus the Great, in his inaugural speech, had made freedom of religion an individual choice. That policy was upheld throughout the reign of that dynasty. Maybe that was why, during the 480 years of Sassanid, not even once Cyrus the Great, Dariush the Great, or even the word Achaemenid was mentioned in any book; like they did not exist. Thanks to the modern day European researchers that discovered the most glorious period of  the Persian Empire's history by excavating large amounts of piles of dirt in present day Iran. 

Another example of present day Zoroastrian teaching, that is the leftover from the Sassanid era Zoroastrianism, is the belief in heaven and hell, belief in the existence of  angels;"Izadan", and many other superstitious beliefs that can not be found in Gathas. Those used to be the beliefs of different groups of pre-Zoroastrian Iranians.
I have heard from a few Iranian Zoroastrian as well as the Parsis giving credit to Zarathushtra for the principle of heaven and hell and claim that the Abrahamic religions have copied that principle from Zarathushtra which, as I mentioned above, is not true.

Around 1750 BC., Abraham was the citizen of city of Ur, the religious capitol of Sumer. Please see "The Sumerians, Their History, Culture, and Character" by Samuel N. Kramer.
Abraham had learned the heaven and hell principle from the Sumerians that used to believe in the existence of an "Underworld". The Sumerian "Underworld "was an unpleasant place and was made to send the criminal gods to the Underworld on temporary basis for punishment. Of course the Underworld by no mean  resembled the Hell that is described in the Old Testament or Quran. Consequently we must give all the credit to Abraham and leave Zarathushtra out of it.

One more example: There are two words in present day Zoroastrian religion which are commonly used that has nothing to do with Zarathushtra. The two words are; “Urmozd” and “Ahreeman”. These two words and the belief in them, used in today’s Zoroastrianism, has created none ending debate among world scholars. It is the source of reason that some scholars believe that Zoroastrianism has a dualism principle, similar to Manichaeism (Maniism) that is a belief in “Light and Dark” principle. 
  
Again these two words were never used by Zarathushtra in Gathas. Actually the above two words, or entities, are the principle belief in Zorvanist religion, (a pre-Zoroastrian religion).

What is Zorvanist!

According to Book of Avesta; Zorvan, a male god, has brought to this world twin son; first was Urmozd that has all the good qualities and values who promotes peace, prosperity, truthfulness etc. Right after that Ahreeman was born with all the devilish characteristic, and advocate of war who creates miseries on Earth. Please refer to; "Andisheh hay Falsafi-e Irani" by A. Gh. Parto.

                                              Urmozd, the god of goodness



                             Ahreeman the evil god >

Zorvan is the oldest god of ancient Iranians. They believed that he had no beginning nor will he have an end. He had no maker but was self-appeared. That is the word "Khoda" came from which is consisted of "Khod", meaning self and "Aa" meaning to come.

even though Zorvan approves and advocates the conduct of Urmozd and is against his younger son Ahreeman’s bad behavior, but he does not interfere with the business of the two brothers who are constantly at war against each other. He gives equal power to both sons. His reasoning is that the world must be balanced between good and evil,  beside if there is no Ahreeman then the goodwill of Urmozd can not be recognized and appreciated.

Zorvan gives the "Azarakhsh"(Lightening and Thunder) to Urmozd to fight injustice.

Emergence of Mithra 

Later-on; there came a belief that Urmozd had used Azarakhsh; hitting a large white stone (sang-e marmar) inside a cave at the peak of the Damavand mountain and from that a lightning had appeared and Mithra; a mail god, the god of love (Mehr) was born who had all the characteristics of goodness; who brings prosperity to the world and with his lite he gives life to everything in the world and the Sun became the symbol of Mithra.
Mithra rising from marmar rock in Damavand mountain,. Date unknown

Above: Mithra born from marble rock 180-192 A.D.  From the area of S. Stefano Rotondo, Rome 
Mithra had two "Mehrbaans". Mithra himself, or Mehr, is the Sun in midday. One Mehrabaan will become the Sun at sunrise and the other at close to sundown.  It was believed that Mehr and the two Mehrabaans went to the sky and placed themselves on seven levels of sky which "Haft Akhtaraan" (Seven-Stars) was born . The seven stars are being seen with their Sheed (ray), noor in Arabic. They are as follows:

1-Mahsheed which is the "Moonday" and the moon will be cherished on that day.
2-Tirsheed; (Mercury day) which Tir will be cherished on that day.
3-Naaheedsheed; (Venus day) Naheed will be cherished.
4-Mehrsheed (Sun day). This day will not be observed until the last since it is the day of no work and all day prayers.
5-Bahraamsheed; (Mars day)
6-Berjeessheed; (Jupiter day
7-Keyvaansheed; (Saturn day)
 Note: Planets beyond Saturn were not discovered yet at that time.

Note: The above tradition of Iranzamin,has created the 7-days week on calendar which is being used in most calendars of today's world. In Gregorian calendar Moon-day (Monday) and Sun-Day (Sunday) still kept its original forms. 
  Mithraism was not a religion but a belief, an Aeen, a doctrine. There was no messenger representing Mithra. It was an Aeen based on belief that; a good human is the one who possesses the highest quality of humanity. Its members should pursuit; true love for others and environment, good life, good and happy living, honesty, integrity, hard working, helping others, respect for other humans, animals and environment, and cleanliness. That is why all ancient Iranians, regardless of their religious belief, used to practice Mitraism principle, and values.
 We still see the existence of trace of those values among present day Iranians, specifically among none professional  Iranian athletes, more so among those who practice ancient Iranian sport called (Varzeshe Baastaani). Also a  few of those Mitraism qualities can be seen among all present day Iranians such as; respect for women, which Islam has forbade, fascination with colorful clothing among remote village-women (order by Islam is black color only), house cleaning (Khanehtekaani) before Nowrooz, etc.
Above: From left: Mithra, A Mobed, and Ardeshir I or II

Mithra‘s birth night used to be celebrated on the night of Winter Solstice (December, 21). 
The belief was that the passive days of Sun, the symbol of Mithra, are over and the day-light time will get longer from that point on.

At the present time, the Iranian stock all over the worlds celebrate that night which is called “Shab-e Yalda”.
Yalda in Ceryani language means Birth Night.




The swastika emblem shows the rotation of the sun which is the symbol of love and peace on Earth


Note: Mithraism was exported from Persia to Rome in third century B.C.
From around Mid. 300 A.D. Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire and from that point-on the suppression of Mithraism had begun; forcing them to convert to Christianity.
During the reign of Italian Pope, Leo-I 440-61 A.D., anyone who would celebrate the birth of Mithra would have been punished severely, sometimes to death; the early morning sun worshiping, or calling sun (the symbol of Mithra) “The Love” was forbidden.

But people used to celebrate the night of December 21 in hiding, by lighting candles and ornamenting a twig of “Minu tree” (a sacred tree in Mithraism).

Finally Pope Leo-I had decided to call Jesus Christ, the god of love and ordered the Christians to celebrate, December 21st as the birth of Christ-day; they were free to light candles and ornament the same kind of tree used by the Mehrians. (Since then, the Christmas celebration day has changed throughout the world, from December 21, to 25 to 26 and in some areas to January sixth which is the birthday of Zarathushtra, who was born thousands of years before Christ.

Up to the present day the Christians, all over the world, ornament the tree with light, which is the symbol of Mithra and also on the top of the tree they put a silver color star which is the symbol of sun. 
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Most present day Zoroastrians, still under the influence of the Sassanid era teachings, are relying more on “Vandidad” section of the book of Avesta which is covered with superstitious stories and beliefs. As a mater of fact a great number of elderly Zoroastrians, either from Iran or India (The Parsis) do not know what Gathas is.

It was in late 1990s or early 2000s that I attended a three-day seminar which was held in city of West Minister, Southern California. There were numbers of well educated Zoroastrian scholars as speakers, who previously had formed an “Assembly” (Anjoman) to purify the Zoroastrian religion from all superstitious beliefs that were injected into it after Zarathushtra’s death.
Their goal was to abandon Vandidad (mostly Zorvanist beliefs) and other impurities and go strictly by the Gathas. I myself proudly joined that Assembly in 1998.
It was on day 3 of the seminar that a Zoroastrian born lady (a great grand mother) that stood up and asked the speaker; last three days I have been hearing repeatedly about Gathas. What is this Gathas that I have never heard of it before? 

Zand-e Avesta and Pazand-e Avesta

Zand-e Avesta and Pazands are books, supposedly translation of the Gathas from Avestan language to Pahlavi, written by the Zoroastrian Mobeds in Sassanid period.

Martin Haug was an early 19th century German linguist, specialized in Eastern civilization languages. He was fluent in several languages including Persian, Dari Persian, and Avestan. He has been credited by the European scholars; the first person who has translated Gathas correctly. Meaning all other translation of Gathas were inaccurate and flawed.

Martin Haug in his book “The Parsis Essays on their Sacred Language, Writings and Religion” indicates that in Sassanid period the Avestan language was a dead language by four to six hundred years and the Mobeds were the only group that used it mostly in religious ceremonies. But they did not know the language fluently, not enough to be able to translate Gathas from Avestan into Pahlavi writing.

Consequently they used to read the Gathas, which was in Avestan (mother thong of Zarathustra), then whatever they could comprehend they used to put it in Pahlavi writing. In other word, it was not a translation but an interpretation. That is why they named it; “Zand-e Avesta”.
According to Haug “Zand” in Avestan language means interpretation. Then after some period of time, a younger Mobed would read the Zand-e Avesta and whatever he would understand from it would rewrite it and call it “Pazand-e Avesta”; “Pa” in Avestan language means “re”. In another word Pazand-e Avesta is reinterpretation of the Avesta.

Haug continues that Avestan is a very elaborate and complicated language which same words or sentences could have different meanings, depending where or how they have been used. And the Mobeds who wrote Zands did not have a correct understanding of the language. Consequently he has discredited all Zand-e Avestas and Pazand-e Avestas altogether.

Huag believes that the effort of Sassanid period Mobeds in this regard, due to misinterpretation, has changed the base of Zoroaster’s doctrine upside down and should be completely disregarded. Haug argues that from 72 Nask of Gathas only 16 was written by Zarathushtra himself, the rest were mimicked by his students which most of them are prayers and other superficial subjects, while those that were written by Zarathushtra himself were deep philosophical materials.

Haug says; nowhere in Zarathushtra's Gathas the word "worship" was mentioned.

For instant;  in one of the Gathas that was written by a student of Zarathushtra you will see the worship of a twig of a "Minu tree". The twig of "Minu tree" used to be sacred in Mitraism.

The believers used to go into a "Mehrab" which resembled the present day Jacuzzi; each with a twig of "Minu tree" in their hand with a towel wrapped around their waist. They would go into the "Mehrab" until the water would cover their knees then they used to insert the twig into the water and bring it out, apply it on their body and prey in order to wash-out the impurities from their Saul.
The Mehrab actually was a workshop not a temple.

Considering that Mitraism was exported from Iran to the Roman Empire by the Parts around 300 B.C.,This ceremony was copied by the new religion of Christianity which still is being practiced as "Baptism" and the "Minu tree" is used as Christmas tree. Please read Andisheh hay Falsafi-e Irani by A. Gh. Parto

With above in mind, one can say with great certainty that today’s Zoroastrians that are the product of the Sassanid era teachings actually are not Zoroastrians but Zorvanist. 

Mr. Jalal Ashtiani, a Muslim born Iranian scholar, who reveres Zarathushtra as I do, some times in early 2000, has written a one page essay in Persian that was published in the Southern California Zoroastrian Magazine, addressing the present day Zoroastrians, as a friend, who came to the same conclusion as I have.  

To understand what the Book of Avesta is; please read my article: The book of Avesta belongs to all Iranians”.http://maziaraptin.blogspot.com/2012/07/book-ofavesta-october-23-2011-belongs.html

To understand who the real Zarathushtra was, what he stood for,  and what his doctrine is please read the followings; Zarathushtra a messenger or a philosopher, Thus Spoke Zarathushtra, True Zoroastrianism all on this blog.






In conclusion, while I believe that the present day Zoroastrians believe in some superstitious principle of Zorvanist that contrast with Zarathushtra’s doctrine, I do not mean that they are bad people. On the contrary; I must point out that they do live by Zarathushtra’s motto of “Andisheh-e Neek, Goftaar-e Neek, and Kerdaar-e Neek” and as I have pointed out in my other articles on this subject; Present day Iranian Zoroastrians, while suffering from over 1,300 years of atrocities by the hands of their Muslim countrymen they stood firm and kept the name of our greatest philosopher alive and also carried-on most of Iranian culture that we cherish today. And as I mentioned in one of my previous article; they are our national treasure and we must cherish that
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Thank you Maziar Aptin
پارسی زبانانِ گرامی: برای آشناشدن با برخی ازدگرگونیهای نا درست که موبدانِ زمانِ ساسانی در "فرهنگِ فلسفیِ ایرانی" ایجاد کرده اند را در ویدیوهای زیر از پرفسور منوچهر جمالی ببینید.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012


Zarathushtra, a messenger or a philosopher
                  By Maziar August 1999
               Edited; May 2013



   In contrast to most major religions of the world, which are based on “faith”, Zarathustra’s doctrine is based on logic. His philosophy was so far ahead of time that a large number of Zoroastrian scholars, in different periods of time since its foundation, have fallen into the trap of the “newer is better” mentality. Whenever a new ideology or philosophy (mostly religious) came into perspective, in order to keep up with the “progress”, they injected a few of those ideologies into Zarathushtra’s doctrine. Unfortunately, this practice has changed the foundation of the Zoroastrian doctrine.

     It is interesting to know that with the advancement of science in last few centuries, many of those so-called newer progressive philosophies and hypotheses were proven wrong. This not only discredited the religions that introduced those hypotheses, but it also tarnished the image of Zoroastrianism for being influenced by it.

It is very encouraging to see that efforts are being made to purify Zoroastrianism from these influences by returning strictly to the Gothic doctrine (Zarathushtra’s writing), which coexist with science.

     According to the Gathas  all the laws of nature combined together will create a force, or an intelligence. Zarathustra calls this intelligence Hasty-e Kherad, or Ahura Mazda in Avestan language, which determines and maintains the world order. He named this world order “Asha”, meaning "truth", or "law" in Avestan (the mother thong of Zarathushtra).


Zarathushtra did not have supernatural power, nor did he claim to have one. After he chose seclusion and observed the nature for ten years, he came to understand that there is an order that is governing the world not a supernatural being that people of that era used to believe. He called that world order “Asha”. 
    
     According to the Gathas, the universe is dynamic; the universe is constantly progressing in accordance with the laws of nature. And Zarathustra urges his followers try to understand Hasty-e Kherad and to keep up with the progress through strive for knowledge.

If the universe is dynamic and in constant progress, then that means if we go back in time, the universe must have been in more concentrated and a more simpler form, and eventually had a simple beginning.

      Edwin Hubble  the American astrophysicist, in early 20th century mathematically proved that the universe is constantly expanding at a rapid rate. Based on this finding, Hubble and many other scientists concluded that the universe had a beginning, and theory of Big Bang was born.

In recent years, after more than half a century of research since Hubble's finding, scientists were able to calculate the speed of the expansion of the universe and estimated its age at about 13 billion years.

According to Big Bang theory galaxies and stars are constantly interacting and forming new galaxies, stars, and planets (dynamic universe).

     Professor Stephen Hawking, Dean of the School of Astrophysics and mathematics at Cambridge University, concluded in his famous book “A Brief History of Time and Space” that our universe was formed at the time of the Big Bang along with all the laws of nature. He further indicates that these laws have remained the same through the present time without any changes or interference. He also stated that if god had created the universe, he had done it at the time of the Big Bang and left it alone since. Meaning if there is a god, it has no effect on the order of our universe.



     As we can see, these scientific findings are in complete agreement with Zarathustra’s doctrine of the formation and progressive nature of the universe (dynamic universe). Based on this reasoning, I am in disagreement with those Zoroastrian scholars who refer to Zarathustra as a “messenger” instead of a philosopher. The term “messenger” in our society reflects to the theory of creation by Abraham.

According to Abraham universe is static; supposedly some times after the Big Bang, god had interfered in the order of the universe and created humans and other creatures within six days. Then, because Adam and Eve disobeyed the creator, God exiled them from heaven and excommunicated them and consequently he had designated “messengers” in order to keep in-touch with humans. A few sects believe that he then went to bed and will wake up on seventh day.
    
     In my opinion, the term “messenger” that does not fit into Zarathustra’s thinking, has been adopted by a few Zoroastrian scholars to keep up with the so-called “progress”-- The progress that has been proven wrong by science over and over again.

      I believe Zarathustra is a philosopher who introduced a doctrine, along with finest set of ethics to humanity in accordance and coexistence with science, without resorting to superstition.

He campaigned against Magies (the religious leaders of his time) and said “all gods are lies” and he never referred to Ahura Mazda as a god. In Avestan language, ahura means universe and mazda means intelligence. In some parts of Gathas he referred to it as Mazda Ahura as well (intelligence of the universe). In other word, it is the intelligence that exists within every matter that makes our world “dynamic” which is constantly producing, (not creating as Abrahamites came to believe). 
In other word, the two Avestan words; Ahura and Mazda has been used by Zarathushtra to describe a situation that exists in our universe but the god enthusiasts had interpreted it as a god. 
Ahura Mazda is not a god and Zarathushtra was a naturalist and was against all gods. 
Again, the two words; Ahura and Mazda, put together, describe a situation not an entity.

This makes Zarathushtra unique among philosophers as well as among religion originators. The term “messenger” not only does not fit with Zarathustra’s thinking but, in my opinion, will harm his position in human history.


Why I adamantly believe that Zarathushtra was a naturalist.



When one reads The Gathas (the parts that was written by Zarathushtra himself) one can conclude that Zarathushtra believed that; there is an order (Asha) in the universe that governs our world and he said that nothing can change or stop that order, meaning none-existing of supernatural entities or entity to interfere with that natural order.


He also reinforces that belief by instructing his followers; in order to understand the structure and configuration of the natural world (Ahura Mazda/Mazda Ahura, meaning intelligence that exists in our universe), one must strive for knowledge.

When one reads the above statement by Zarathushtra, one can figure out his line of thinking which is based on logic and scientific principle not myth.

With above in mind, if I read an article by a scholar who claims that Zarathushtra was a prophet of some god and used to believe in heaven and hell et. et., would it be logical for me to believe that claim?
By the same token, if I read "Origin of Species" and learn about Natural Selection by Charles Darwin and then read an article by a scholar who claims that Darwin was a religious man, should I believe that claim? Of course not.
Thank you.
 Maziar
پارسی زبانانِ گرامی: برای آشناشدن با برخی ازدگرگونیهای نا درست که موبدانِ زمانِ ساسانی در "فرهنگِ فلسفیِ ایرانی" ایجاد کرده اند را در ویدیوهای زیر از پرفسور منوچهر جمالی ببینید.

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Link bellow: Professor Kaykhosro Irani explains the "philosophy of Zarathustra"




Saturday, July 7, 2012


To The god cravers of the world:

GOD IS DEAD


Belief in god has created so many miseries, not just for humans but for animals as well.

Throughout the human history, innocent animals have been slaughtered as sacrifices in billions. Innocent humans have been tortured, maimed, murdered, and displaced in millions and millions because you thought that your god is better than your victim’s god. Such a waste!

Such a misguided people you are! You and your gods, from Enn, Enlil, Zeus, and Apollo to Jehovah and Allah you all make me sick, I despise you.

Above; Enlil






< Enlil the chief god of Sumer with wife             







< Zeus







And The lesser gods: 

































>As Nietzsche has said god is dead 
Yes we killed God by curing the sick, by planting kidney, heart, liver, etc. in patient’s body to keep him/her alive; the patient that your god had decided to kill.

We killed god with theory of “Natural Selection”, by excavating fossils, by inventing all kinds of gadgets that god did not want us to have. It began with the invention and manufacture of first stone tool by an unknown person over two million years ago. Since then we constantly and steadily have been choking god to death. To me and 25% of people on Earth god is dead but unfortunately it is still breathing inside the mind of other 75%, what a pity.  

Please read the followings on the subject of god and religion:

http://maziaraptin.blogspot.com/2012/02/is-it-creation-or-evolution.html










A few verses of Koran that all Muslims should know

So many misguided people have claimed that “neither the basic texts of Islam, nor accepted Muslim practice condones terrorism or killing of civilians”.

The above statement is not true. Killing civilians, including women and children was normal practice throughout the history of the Islamic movement. The practice started from the very beginning, based on the verses of the Koran as follows:

Koran 17:16-17
When we decide to destroy a population, we send a definite order to them who have the good things in life and yet transgress; so that Allah's word is proved true against them: then we destroy them utterly. How many generations have we destroyed after Noah? And enough is thy Lord to note and see the Sins of his servants.

Koran 21:11
How many were the populations we utterly destroyed because of their inequities, setting up in their place other peoples.

Koran 58:5
Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be crumbled to dust, as were those before them: for we have already sent down Clear Signs and the Unbelievers will have a humiliating Penalty.


Koran 44:43-50
Verily the Tree of Zaqqum will be the food of the sinful. Like molten brass it will boil in their insides, Like the boiling of scalding water Seize Ye Him and drag him into the midst of the blazing Fire Then pour over his head the penalty of Boiling Water.

Pouring boiling water on the victim’s head was recorded throughout history. On April 20, 1998, in Ulhampur, India, over 30 innocent Kashmiri Hindu men, women, and children were burned alive in accordance to this verse.

Koran 5:33 The Punishment for those who oppose Allah and his messenger is: Execution or Crucifixion or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides or exile from the land.

Koran 5:33 was specifically devised for those who did not believe in Allah. The cutting off of arms from the elbows and legs from the knees from the opposite sides was devised to inflict maximum pain to the victim since  each side of the elbows and knees have different types of nervous system hence they would feel different pain.
Thousands of Iranians were executed in this fashion early in Islam’s reign in Iran. Two most famous people that were executed according to the above verse were:
Babaak Khorramdin in 224 Islamic year and Bayazid Bastami, an 81 year old philosopher whose crime was introducing his version of evolution to his students. He was executed in 261 Islamic Lunar Calendar (9th century AD).

The above verses are an excerpt from “The Meaning of Holy Quran” by Abdullah Yusuf Ali of Egypt.