Dear Zaneta
Most people are actually attracted to a religion which provides them with simple and straight-forward answers to all questions in life, regardless of whether the answers are correct or not. Bahai and Jehovah's Witnesses are perfect examples of such faiths with simle answers to every question. They are devoid of critical thinking,. Shia Islam is another example, as is Catholicism. We have encountered people who have tried to change Zoroastrianism into such a sloganeering religion too. But the problem is that it doesn't work, it's not compatible with the Mazdayasna focus on independent thinking and the celebration of good mind. However, this fact probably explains why Mazdayasna has remained a small and rather sophisticated religion and philosophy, stuck in between simplistic faiths such as Islam, Bahai and Christianity, with their huge followings. The true miracle is that Mazdayasna still has managed to survive through all of this in all its complexity.
Ushta
Alexander
2007/9/15, Zaneta Garratt <zgarratt@hotmail.com>: Hi Dan, you have great courage and wisdom, I DO admire you, we have a form of so-called Christianity CALLED the Jehovah Witnessese, and in my view they are far worse than Bahai and I cannot understand why people convert to their boring religion, I have told some of them that they are telling a lot of lies and they are reallly boring when they have tried to convert me, but some people still get caught by their crappy message which is also that you should follow them blindly, I also knew one girl whose family saw through them and left,and if you do this they freeze you out,sadly enough you will always find people that fall for rediculuous cults that demand this kind of blind faith, Best wishes Zaneta
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I don't agree with Zaneta's take on Jehovah's Witnesses (or with yours)
JWs have explanations on the causes for death and old age, also evil and suffering, that are clear, explainable, internally consistant, and intellectually satisfying. If there truly is a God, surely it's not surprising that he would give us a head's up on such vexing questions?
Are they "simple" answers? Yes, I suppose they are. But "simple" is not undesireable and it doesn't mean "incorrect." Scientists and mathematicians are always striving for the simple, and the revel when they find it. A television signal might be viewed as simple. Complex in it's own right, but when you consider that it has eliminated static, then it is indeed simple.
Still, add to the things I knew nothing about and now know at least a little: Mazdayasna. Your posts are interesting, particularly the two about good and evil.
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