What is the oldest religion in the world?

Answer 1

the oldest that we can find and have full knowledge of it.is VEDA.
it is about 7500 years old,with some fascinating transcript of general belief of this religion

Answer 2

Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world, it has a history of 5000 years. where as all the other religions has a history of less than 2500 years.

Answer 3

depending on the source, historically, paganism is the oldest religion. Biblically, a religion that was the progenitor to both Judaism and Islam, one with no name (let's call it Yahwehism).
Abraham was a practicer of this religion, and he had two sons. Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac was the father of Judaism and Ishmael was the father of Islam. Islam however did not become very powerful persay till the prophet Mohammed turned it from a tribal thing to a major religion.

Answer 4

Hinduism.

The distinguishing feature of Hinduism is pluralism combined with freedom of choice. It never rigidly excludes any religious theory and still has animsim, shamans, mother goddess, Sun god and fir worship etc all ancient features.

"Hinduism is a process - for this reason, Hinduism must be studied not as a fixed body of doctrine, but as a developing tradition that has changed considerably throughout the centuries and which is still changing in a creative direction. Everything in India makes sense in the light of the changing process. Nothing makes sense without it. Hinduism is still a living, changing process and must be seen as such."

(source: Religions of India: Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism - Thomas Berry p. 3-16).

Answer 5

I would think, gnosis is the oldest "religion". Gnosis is what sparks religions; gnosis being spiritual knowledge derived by revelations, spiritual visions, meditations, and intuitive knowing. If we didn't have people who had these types of sacred experiences, no religions would be formed. Even in some of the oldest traditions such as Paganism, there was the divine sacred experience, the connection to the divine... we can call it gnosis.

Answer 6

Hinduism has the oldest recorded roots, which lie in Dravidianism. Dravidianism is estimated to have been practiced around 6,000 to 3,000 BCE and predates the Sumerian, Egyptian, and Babylonian cultures.

Answer 7

The oldest religion of this globe practised by any human was purely God' religion and it was not hinduism, paganism, etc. as other answerers have answered, you can also contact me through [e-mail] and i will tell you more.

Answer 8

Hinduism

Answer 9

Hinduism

Answer 10

no doubt according to all records only hinduism is the oldest religion found on earth. it has the record of 7500 years old even double to any other religion. so its only hinduism