2006-11-28 10:47:04 · 10 answers · asked by CresentMoon 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess the key to your question is the "earliest religion based on revealied scripture" so yes. Because you mean that the scripture which it was based on was revealed to Zoroaster by God.
2006-11-28 11:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by LongAgo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are those that would want to envision historic Greek and Hebrew. One worry which include your plan is that the committees date decrease back to the origins of Christianity. the religion has been socially built because its inception. The canon stepped forward out of what change into being practiced in the centers of the religion. yet another is that if we were to obey Jesus in straight forward words we would might want to discard just about each and every of the hot testomony. there's a centuries lengthy hollow between the existence and death of Jesus and the gospels. just about all of that is the recollection of a few adult males, no longer contemporaneous with christ's existence. So no matter if we do bypass to the unique texts we are nonetheless coping with assertions. "...yet faith caved and is prepared to make concessions to save followers." this might want to be your first clue that perchance faith is erroneous. If we were to stay with a doctrine depending strictly on the bible might want to we then enable slavery? that is endorsed in the bible. What about rape? that is perfect. might want to women individuals have rights? they have none in the bible. it really is time for the top of religion.
2016-10-07 22:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the earliest recorded scripture was from around 1200 bce. I wonder if the religions of the Egyptians count as scripture?
2006-11-28 10:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by saopaco 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Hinduism was around longer. Hinduism dates to about 5000 BC, Zoroastrianism dates to about 1200 BC.
2006-11-28 10:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some say yes, but Hinduism, Buddhism and early Taoist folklore actually
preceded it.
2006-11-28 10:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's really unknown when the religion first came about. There's much debate still on it. But it is very, very old Indo-Iranian religion.
2006-11-28 10:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-11-28 10:49:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it is the oldest religion.
2006-11-28 10:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by smarties 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know ... yes
2006-11-28 10:48:16 · answer #9 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what difference does it make?
2006-11-28 10:49:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋