2006-07-29 17:42:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Aren't they the ones that consider it a blessing to have the birds 'redistribute' their dead back over the community?
2006-07-29 17:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Zorastrians honor vultures as a God, to be eaten while alive would be an omen, to be eaten while dead would be just like getting to shake hands with God or Buddha ect...
2006-07-30 00:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some think that it is due to the belief of:
the body and the soul.
the soul is divided into bodies and if u bury ur body then a part of ur soul will be wondering around until the body is disintegrated.
so if u feed ur dead body to vultures then the body is going to "dissapear" faster and the " a part of the soul" is not going to wonder. insead is going to accept that the body is dead , and it would not try to navigate around the body cause there is none.
also another way to do this is by insinerating
2006-07-30 00:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by yoghurtlight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They thought about feeding their children to the vultures, but decided to go with the dead at the last moment.
2006-07-30 00:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because both fire and the earth are sacred, and to use either to dispose of a corpse would be to desecrated them. Today, Zoroastrians do not practice this form of funerary rite. Instead, they bury their dead, but encase the coffin in concrete.
2014-08-25 20:09:06 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To them, vultures are creatures of honor, and to have you body devoured by them was the greatest honor.
2006-07-30 00:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by legendarytale890 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were currently lending their lions to the Romans.
- 16 yo Pagan
2006-07-30 00:50:22 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gross huh? But at least they (dead people) will fly with the spirit (God)in the sky.
2006-07-30 00:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by sugar-n-spice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sparrows take too long.
2006-07-30 00:45:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its their belief.
2006-07-30 00:49:00 · answer #10 · answered by NchantingPrincess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋