What is the oldest known religion ever?

Question

and why did most or all of us break away from that?

Answer 1

Hinduism is generally considered to be the oldest religion still being practiced today. This ancient religion was born when the Aryan peoples migrated to Northern India and first put their religious tradition into writing. The texts they created are the Vedas, which were written around 1,500 B.C.E. (before common era) and have greatly influenced Indian culture ever since.

Answer 2

I think that Hinduism is the oldest documented religion that is still in practice today. The keywords are "documented" and "still in practice today". Although there may have been other older religions, often times they were practiced in oral societies or they do not have an unbroken history of practice. Also, Hinduism does not have a central leader and contains many different beliefs and practices.

"... The Sanskrit word ric, which for euphonic reasons is changed to rig, means literally "praise". ... The Sanskrit word veda means literally "knowledge" or "wisdom". ... The Rig-Veda is the oldest book in the Sanskrit language, indeed in any Indo-European language. More than that, if we are correct, it is the oldest book in the world ... The fact that the Rig-Veda mentions a stellar configuration that corresponds to a date from 6000 B.C. to 7000 B.C. - the astronomical Ashvini era ..."
http://www.valdostamuseum.org/hamsmith/RgVeda.html

"Hinduism is generally regarded as the world's oldest organized religion."
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hinduism.htm

"Hinduism is the major religion of India, practiced by more than 80% of the population. In contrast to other religions, it has no founder. Considered the oldest religion in the world, it dates back, perhaps, to prehistoric times."
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001469.html

Answer 3

This is a hard question. Elements of Hinduism go back over five thousand years before the Christ. Yet many historians put Zoroastrianism as the oldest "revealed" religion. So it is kind of like comparing apples to oranges. I take revealed to mean a central prophet Zarathustra in the Zoroastrian case.

Answer 4

Archealogists found evidence that man kind worshipped what they thought was the supreme being(s) through women... who were associated with the moon....

... the cult of the great mother where the chief female (BIG MAMA) is dominent has strong evidence in anthropology...

... the reason man kind broke from it is actually many... man kind was driven by his fear of nature and the wonders he could not understand...

.... as he developed he discovered higher beliefs with a spirituality that raises them to a higher level of consciousness rather than the primitive ideas that accompanied men's hunts and women's herb collecting.

Answer 5

Shamanistic ancestor worship of people in the late stone age and it's only known about because various masks etc. have survived in burials. It gradually became replaced by polytheism based on worship of nature deities as hunter gatherers became farmers living in settled communities.

Answer 6

It is the CHURCH OF GOD which was founded by Jesus Christ. This can be read in the New Testament on the Bible. You are not a b reak away from this religion but you have not yet been called by God to be a member. Knock and you will be open

Answer 7

Judism: Why? Because Adam and Eve's sons did the sacrafice, which was a major part of the Temple worship. Noah and his family knew about eating Kosher.

Answer 8

Shamanism

Answer 9

The religion of the sky god. humans broke away from it because the god was too distant

Answer 10

oldest religion is Adam's religion that come from heaven when he came down to the earth,and his religion is believing in god which is Islam