What is the oldest religion in the world?

Question

Is it hinduism, coz as i know hinduism exist more than 5000 years old

Answer 1

Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world and is still practiced by millions today.

Answer 2

The only way you can date anything with certainty is if you have written examples.

The first pseudo writing appeared in Greece in 8000 BC. Nothing developed from it except basic numbers and a few symbols for traded products over the next 4000 years in the lands from Greece to Iran.

The first written language appears in southern Iraq about 3400 BC, and the religion was accounting. In 200-300 years after that you have writing in Iran and Egypt.

Writing did not appear in India until 2500 BC.

Based on the evidence, the first chapter of Genesis is likely among the earliest religious writings. The diction and grammar preserved in the Hebrew resembles the primitive language used in Uruk tablets dating to 3300-2800 BC. (It's unlikely that Genesis was written earlier than 2800 BC. Before that date, there was no such thing as "literature". All writing was for business. Stories were spoken or sung.)

There is also some symbolic evidence that the beliefs expressed in Genesis 2-3 existed several thousand years before the invention of writing in the simple practice of burial.

Most anthropologists take burial as a sign that a culture believed in an afterlife. Agricultural groups saw what happened when you put seeds in the earth and life grew out of them. In the same way, they put bodies into the soil believing that a seed inside would sprout into the afterlife.

This mimics the symbolism of the creation of man in Genesis 2. The body was made from soil, and the breath of God was breathed in to give life. The breath represents the seed. Sumerian legend gives exactly the same creation story and dates at least to 2400 BC with history's first real literary boom period.

Answer 3

Wikipedia, Britanica Encyclopedia, national Geographic, all considerable humanity museum websites etc. suggested that Hinduism is the oldest extant considerable faith of the international. There ought to be different older thought structures (not considerable) pre-relationship HInduism could be latest interior the international, however the oldest considerable latest faith is Hinduism as primary by using all aspects and students.

Answer 4

1. Islam is the oldest religion
Hinduism is not the oldest of all the religions. It is Islam which is the first and the oldest of all religions. People have a misconception that Islam is 1400 years old and that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the founder of this religion. Islam existed since time immemorial, ever since man first set foot on this earth. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was not the founder of Islam. He was the last and final Messenger of Almighty God.

2. The oldest religion need not be the purest and the most authentic religion
A religion cannot be claimed to be most pure and authentic, only on the criterion that it is the oldest. It is similar to a person saying that the water he has kept in an open glass, in his house, outside the refrigerator, for three months is purer than the water which has just been collected in a clean glass, immediately after it has been purified.

3. The latest religion need not be the purest and the most authentic religion
On the other hand a religion cannot be claimed to be the purest or authentic, only on the criterion that the religion is new or the latest. A bottle of distilled water which is sealed, packed and kept in the refrigerator for three months is much purer than a bottle of water freshly collected from the sea.

4. For religion to be pure and authentic, it should not have interpolations, changes and revisions in its scriptures revealed from God
For any religion to be pure and authentic, its scriptures should not contain any interpolation, addition, deletion or revision. Moreover the religion’s source of inspiration and direction should be Almighty God. The Qur’an is the only religious scripture on the face of the earth which has been maintained it its original form. All the other religious scriptures, of all the other religions have interpolations, additions, deletions or revisions. The Qur’an has been in the memory of a multitude of people, intact in its original form ever since its revelation, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people who have preserved it in their memory. Moreover, if you compare the copies made by Caliph Uthman from the original Qur’an which is yet present in the museum in Tashkent and in Koptaki museum in Turkey, they are the same as the ones we possess today.

Allah (swt) promises in the Qur’an, in Surah Al Hijr, chapter 15 verse 9

"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)."

5. The oldest religion need not be best religion
A religion cannot be claimed to be the best religion only on the criterion that it is the oldest. It is similar to a person saying, that my 19th century car is better than a Toyota car manufactured in 1998, because it is older. He would be considered to be a fool to say that his 19th century car which required a rod to be turned in circles to start it, is better than a key-start 1998 Toyota car, just because it is older.

6. The latest religion need not be the best religion
On the other hand a religion cannot be called as the best religion only on the criterion that the religion is new or that it came later. It is similar to a person who says that my 800 cc Suzuki car manufactured in 1999 is better than a 5000 cc Mercedes 500 SEL manufactured in 1997. To judge which car is better, a person should compare the specifications of the car e.g. the power of the car, safety measures, the capacity of the cylinders, the pickup, the speed, the comfort, etc. 5000 cc Mercedes, 500 SEL car manufactured in 1997, is far superior and better than a 800 cc Suzuki (Maruti Suzuki 800) manufactured in 1999.

7. A religion is best, if it has the solutions to the problems of mankind
For a religion to be considered the best, it should have the solution to all the problems of mankind. It should be the religion of truth, and should be applicable to all ages. Islam is the only religion which has the solution to all the problems of mankind. e.g. the problem of alcoholism, surplus women, rape and molestation, robbery, racism, casteism, etc.

Islam is the religion of truth, and its laws and solutions are applicable to all the ages. The Qur’an is the only religious book on the face of the earth, which has maintained its purity and authenticity proving itself to be the word of God in all the ages. i.e. previously, when it was the age of miracles, literature and poetry and in present times when it is the age of science and technology. Moreover, Islam is not a man-made religion, but a religion revealed and inspired by Almighty God. It is the only religion acceptable in His Sight.

Answer 5

Animism - the belief that every thing has a spirit, and deserves respect. You can see vestiges of that belief in Asian culture and in American Indian practices. They believed that every thing needed to be thanked for what it gave and respected.

Likely worship of the sun, the moon and elements - things way beyond the control of mankind, so they must be greater and therefore needing respect and worship. Caveman days.

Also familiar/sympathetic magic - by drawing the animal you wished to hunt, you became one with it, understanding its ways and patterns, making you one with the animal you try to kill.

This goes back to the cave days.

Paganism isn't a religion, BTW - in modern terminology, it is a blanket term for every belief NOT Abrahamic in origin.

Answer 6

Islam
Islam is not a new religion because "submission to the will of God", i.e. Islam, has always been the only acceptable religion in the sight of God. For this reason, Islam is the true "natural religion", and it is the same eternal message revealed through the ages to all of God's prophets and messengers. Muslims believe that all of God's prophets, which include Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, brought the same message of Pure Monotheism. For this reason, the Prophet Muhammad was not the founder of a new religion, as many people mistakenly think, but he was the Final Prophet of Islam. By revealing His final message to Muhammad, which is an eternal and universal message for all of mankind, God finally fulfilled the covenant that He made with Abraham, who was one of the earliest and greatest prophets. Suffice it to say that the way of Islam is the same as the way of the prophet Abraham, because both the Bible and the Qur'an portray Abraham as a towering example of someone who submitted himself completely to God and worshipped Him without intermediaries. Once this is realized, it should be clear that Islam has the most continuous and universal message of any religion, because all prophets and messengers were "Muslims", i.e. those who submitted to God's will, and they preached "Islam", i.e. submission to the will of Almighty God.

Answer 7

Animist.
People worshiped animals and natural forces thousands of years before Hinduism became established..

Answer 8

Greed
Seriously though, I think it is hinduism

Answer 9

hinduism I believe

Answer 10

the oldest surviving religion is Mandari, its followers are minority in Iraq, they believe in Adam and Joseph. They speak Aramic.