2007-02-05 17:55:37 · 14 answers · asked by mavis 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the one of adam and eve.
2007-02-05 17:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by wedjb 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Animism and polytheistic beliefs are the earliest spiritual beliefs. Ancestral religions practiced by indigenous folks would be the earliest religions.
Anyone who thinks Christianity, Islam, or Judaism are the earliest, seriously needs to study history and comparative religion. Those three, especially Christianity and Islam, are new kids on the block.
2007-02-06 02:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The earliest revealed religion is Zoroastrianism.
The earliest non-revealed religion is paganism.
2007-02-06 02:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Representations of the "Mother Earth" diety have been found in archeological sites throughout the world. Early humans valued fertility and were in awe of it.
These representations (artifacts of an obvious religion) pre-date all formal systems of religion.
2007-02-06 02:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by The Invisible Man 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Technically all of the religions of God's prophets (the first one being Adam) was Islam. Islam has evolved and it's final and complete manifestation was through the Final Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him). However, in one form or another, God's chosen religion has always been Surrender to God's Will or Islam.
2007-02-06 02:12:09 · answer #5 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
These religions are lost in time; they were stories told by people huddled around fires in caves, just as thought and speech became abstract enough to entertain these concepts.
It is all sheer speculation.
2007-02-06 02:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paganism was the very first, but Hinduism was the first organized religion.
2007-02-06 02:03:10 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel the Atheist 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably various forms of animism that existed long before written records recorded the details of their worship.
The oldest religion today? Hinduism, whose origins date back to Dravidianism (6000-3000 BCE).
2007-02-06 02:01:33 · answer #8 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christianity
2007-02-06 01:59:11 · answer #9 · answered by spanky 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
General Christianity, back in the early times, there were no seperate denominations.
2007-02-06 02:02:58 · answer #10 · answered by Kat™ 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What Adam and Eve practiced.
2007-02-06 02:01:15 · answer #11 · answered by julie 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋