what is the oldest religion?

Question

and if you know the order off all religions being formed add them in aswell

Answer 1

All the known ancient religions started as astronomy. Ancient men noticed that the seasons could be approximately predicted by counting lunar cycles (of which there are approximately 12). But every few years, they would start to be off. This was disasterous to an early agricultural society that needed to know the optimum times to plant and harvest.

Some clever fellow noticed that the location of the sun at sunrise against the background stars gave a very accurate way of predicting the seasons. Since they were used to 12 months, they divided the sky up into 12 regions, and invented stories to go with the star patterns - perhaps to help them remember the patterns, or perhaps for entertainment.

Eventually, people forgot how this had happened and began to believe these star patterns actually caused the seasons, and presumed that they must be some kind of super people in the sky. These were the first gods of the Sumerians.

Now that they were accustomed to assessing divinity to celestial objects, certain objects took on much greater significance. The Sun is the prototype for monotheistic religions. The Trinity concept popular among numerous religions has it's root in the sun-moon-earth trio. The eye-visible planets (venus, mercury, mars, saturn, jupiter) took on great significance to them as well and came to be thought to directly control human affairs.

From Sumeria, the idea spread out to Egypt and India, and eventually the entire earth. These ideas are at least 12,000 years old, and possibly much more ancient than that.

Similar religious concepts, and the same holy numbers 3, 7, and 12 are universal as a result.

Answer 2

There were religions before any modern-day religion was even thought of. Read your history books - religions go back to the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, etc. They may not have believed in one true God, but they did believe in powers stronger than those of humans - either many gods or the sun, stars, whatever.

Answer 3

about 500 years ago Sikhism
about 1500 years ago Sanyas
about 1800 years ago Muslim
about 2000 years ago Christian
about 2250 years ago Budhism
about 2500 years ago( god-goddess) now called Hinduism according to Time-tree(Kalp-Variksh)

So HINDUISM is the first religion of the cycle. Know more details from my (source).


So HINDUISM is the oldest religion

Answer 4

Hinduism is the 1st faith which got here to the worldwide and its is the main historical faith usual to mankind. Then got here different religions like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism that are all sects of Hinduism. Christianity got here after Jewism and then got here Islam it is the main present day faith of all religions usual.

Answer 5

Hinduism.
In early days it was known as "Sanatan dharma". They worshiped mainly nature and powers like Sun. All the practises were passes verbaly to the next generations.

Then came the modified "Vaidic Dharma" religion based upon 4 eternal books called Veds. Veds are known as first written documents and has various mathematical formulae and calculation. law of triangle was known to Vaidic people before Pythagores. Here also they worshiped mainly sun, rain, air etc. Concept of soul, god and goddess developed. Vaidic age was the most developed and enlightened in the history. They developed Yoga and meditation. They invented zero , decimal system and got the first Pi value of 3.14. Concept of Karma originated.

Then came the modern Hindu name and some new gods like Ram, Krishna, Shiv etc, Sanskrit language (the oldest in world) was replaced by regional languages and then by Hindi (the language spoken by Hindus). Hindu name came with the arrival of muslims in India. Major sculpture and musical developements are the result of developement of Hinduism in last 1000 years which is relatively new.
The documented age of Hinduism is more than 5000 yrs.

interesting Facts-
Budhdha was a hindu before he founded his own religion. in fact Hindus still consider him as one of the incarnations of lord Vishnu.
Hindus established the cultures in south east asia like malysia, thailand, indonasia and combodia. Great temple of Onkarvatt is for Hindu Gods.
The modern number systen was originated by Hindus and then went to europe thru Arabs.
Singapore name is Hindu same as many indian cities like Kanpur, Nagpur, Raipur, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Jabalpur.
Singa word came from Sinha meaning Lion and Pore came from Pur i.e. city. Singapore is thus a city of Lions which is represented in many of their modern sculptures.
Ayurvada, meditation, yoga and massage therapy are originaly from India.
Game of Chess was invented in Vaidic India.
Rock mucis was originally indian. Lord Shiva is the God of destruction his Dance and Music is called Tandav- the destruction. later on it was re started in late 1960s.
Benaras (Varanasi) is the oldest living city in the world with a history of about 5000 years.

there is no other religion as old and eternal as Hinduism

Answer 6

Judging from stacked bear skulls in Neanderthal caves, I'd say the first religion was some sort of animal worship cult.

Answer 7

Hindu
Catholicism
Islam

Answer 8

Hindu
Judaism
Christianity
Islam

not sure were Buddhism fits in.

Answer 9

I think the Egyptian relgion where they worshipped the sun gods and stuff. I dont know what its called though.

Answer 10

i believe the first is Gaia-ism -- a pantheism worshipping the earth mother