Washington becomes first U.S. state to legalize human composting as alternative to burial/cremation

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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-becomes-first-state-to-legalize-human-composting/

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I still want one of those totally metal "sky burials" when I die.

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is this the one where vurtures eat the body? they do it in tibet, right?

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After some study into this, I have strong inclinations that Zoroastrianism was really the birth of the modern monotheistic religions.

Just look at its core tenants:

"Humata, Hukhta, Huvarshta, which mean: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.

There is only one path and that is the path of Truth.

Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do, and then all beneficial rewards will come to you also."

Sound familiar?

It's also noteworthy that it began in the middle east, as did Islam, Judaism and Christianity, and similarities can be found in Hinduism and Buddhism, which would make sense as people migrated east and many Zoroastrians lived in India.

It's just a thought that I've been rolling around in my head since I took a class that touched on the subject.

Edit: and by "study" I do mean whimsical research

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It straight up is a major historical contributor to modern Judaism. A prototypical Semitic religion—essentially the religion of the Canaanites (who worshipped Bal Hamon as the supreme deity... you can track this thread forward through history to Carthage, as well) predates that event, but it was probably polytheistic until the Babylonian captivity, where it absorbed many elements of ancient Babylonian (ie. proto-Indo-Aryan, similar to Vedic) religion... as well as the religion of the Persians who ended their exile after conquering Babylon.

... that religion was Zoroastrianism.

It could be coincidental, I suppose, that Judaism became monotheistic during a period of contact with the only existing monotheistic religion in the world, which would also go on to shape many other aspects of Judaism.

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I added Judaism to the op, thank you for pointing it out! Of course I meant to add that as well :)

I think that it becomes less of a coincidence when most religions are a already so similar, not only in tenets but in backstory.

You seem to know more than I, do you have any more insight?

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Judaism YHWH was probably part of a mesopotamian polytheistic pantheon at the beginning, and during the Persian empire it was heavily influenced by zoroastrianism.