Does Sad Dar Reflect Zarathushtrian Thought?
In most religions, there is a big difference between the history of the religion, and the teachings of its founder, and Zoroastrianism is no exception. To illustrate with a neutral example: imagine if a scholar were to describe Christianity based on its history, instead of on the teachings of Christ. Such aspects of Christianity’s history as mandating the belief that the earth was the center of the universe as a tenet of religion (as Galileo discovered to his sorrow), the tortures of the Inquisition, the intolerance of Catholics and Protestants towards each other in the 16th and 17th centuries with Catholics burning Protestants and Protestants burning Catholics, the narrow orthodoxy of the Puritans who made life joyless, and burned innocent women as witches, these are all facts in the history of Christianity. Yet they are all very far removed from the original teachings of Christ. Certain aspects of the history of Zoroastrianism are also far removed from the original teachings of Zarat
