Can one become a Zoroastrian or Parsi?
YES anyone can become Zoroastrian — but NOT Parsi. Parsi as discussed above is not a religion but an ethno-religious group and therefore one must be born into a Parsi family. Zoroastrian religion belongs to the world and the divine message is for the whole of humanity, regardless of their race, color, or creed. The Zoroastrian Holy Scriptures, particularly many passages in the Gathas, where the Prophet explicitly states that the ‘good religion’ is for everyone who seeks the truth, salvation and wants the establishment of Strong Families, a Just Society and a World blessed with Love and Righteousness. Zarathushtra says, in Yasna 49, Verse 6: “I beseech you, O Mazda, reveal to me your Holy Plan, Let Truth declare your Divine Wisdom, So that we may choose rightly, And spread the Truths of your Religion to the World.” The strict ban on conversion (indirectly ‘reversion’ too) imposed by Indian-Zoroastrians (Parsis) only dates from the 19th century. However some orthodox Zoroastrians believ
