2006-12-10 09:50:16 · 21 answers · asked by righteous992003 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Zoroastranism, off the top of my head.. it was before christianity, islam and judaism and in fact the three religious borrow a lot from it.
2006-12-10 09:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Would like to make a correction if I may to a poster; stating that Roman Catholicism started in 590 A.D. after Constantine made it legal....actually it was the Roman Catholic faith that started in 30 A.D., and "Christianity" as known now, many splinters of Protestantism occurred after 1527.
But I would say oldest religion; that would be Judiaism. Adam and Eve were the first humans; created. And they worshipped God in the manner of the Judiaic laws.
2006-12-10 10:16:15 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle_My_Belle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paganism. It's an umbrella that covers any polytheistic nature-based system of worship, so I guarantee it appeared long before any of the major religions practiced today.
Anyone who answers with any of the monotheistic religions is just plain wrong - the oldest monotheistic religion is only 4000 years old. We know from cave paintings that people were worshipping gods over 100,000 years ago. These ancient primitives assigned gods to the things they needed - Sun, Moon, Rain, Woolly Mammoth, etc. This would be called Paganism.
2006-12-10 09:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by abram.kelly 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Rough Timeline:
2,085 BC = Judaism,
1,500 BC = Hinduism,
560 BC = Buddhism,
550 BC = Taoism,
628 BC = Zoroastrianism,
599 BC = Jainism,
30 AD = Christianity,
50-100 AD = Gnosticism,
150-250 AD = Modalism (Monarchianism)?Sabellius, Praxeus, Noetus, Paul of Samosata, 325 AD. -After being persecuted for almost 200 years Constantine made Christianity a legal religion, compromise enters,
590 AD = Roman Catholicism -Developed after Constantine,
610 AD = Islam -original manuscript was burned up.
2006-12-10 09:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Shina Beana 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have heard that the worship of a Mother figure of Earth is the oldest. It is the forerunner of modern day Wiccan. I do not tout this as a fact, just something that I read.
2006-12-10 09:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by charleyit 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
GoodoldayismAlmost every believer is over 65 and every meeting begins with a recitation of the "It's not like the good old days" lament. Meeting usually end with the "Need to return to the good old days" prayer.
2006-12-10 09:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Shamanism. It pre-dates history all over the world in a multitude of different cultures.
2006-12-10 10:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abel worshiped Jehovah God making an alter and sacrificing a lamb from his flocks.
2006-12-10 09:58:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Australian Aboriginal Religion
“Elementary” = first, original
40,000+ years unbroken cultural tradition
2006-12-10 10:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sun worship
2006-12-10 09:52:34 · answer #10 · answered by The Orange Deity 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋