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Teaching Zoroastrianism? Here\u2019s great short article<\/a> that explains it\u2019s basic beliefs and rituals and why the author thinks the religion might not survive.<\/p>\n

Zoroastrianism, the world\u2019s oldest monotheistic religion, might be the least inclusive of all religions. \u00a0It numbers less than 150,000 and for every birth there are five deaths. For these reasons, Ariane Sherine suggests that \u201cZoroastrians need to widen their admission criteria fast, or go the way of the lesser Antillean macaw and the koala lemur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherine, writing for The Guardian<\/a>, writes \u00a0that as a child, she was was never allowed to take part in key rituals or even call herself a Parsi because she is the daugher of a female Zoroastrian in a religion that is patrilineal. \u00a0 That makes her membership doubtful.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"