26 March 2009

Joe

I was reading in my World Religions text book about the religion Zoroastrianism, and well, Joe, this is for you...

"Traditionally...one had to be the child of  Zoroastrian father in order to receive navjote (like a bar-mitzvah, admitting you as a member of the religion).  But then a so-called liberal group of Zoroastrian priests performed the ceremony in New York for Joseph Peterson, a native Minnesotan who is well versed in Zoroastrianism.  This caused widespread disagreement...at a time when Zoroastrianism was already in decline."

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