I know it was not Christianity, as the idea of a human emodiment of God or gods is a much older idea.
2007-06-18 08:35:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Also, if you know anything about the first known religion that told of a human emodiment of god(s), could you give a bried summary of the story?
2007-06-18 08:41:43 · update #1
The Sumerian legend of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving example but no doubt personification of spiritual qualities is as old as humanity.
2007-06-18 08:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends on definition of human embodiment.
The Babylonians had it that the god could be made part of the human and therefore a human embodiment of a kind. That is essentially a possetion.
On the other hand The Egyptians believed that the Pharoh was the god Ra. Hence a god in human flesh.
There is some debate as to which group preceeded the other and at which point certain beliefs became prevelent.
I suspect the Babylonians had it first.
2007-06-18 08:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by messiahspaladin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The idea of human embodiment/deification is legendized in many faiths, but none other that Christianity teaches that the fullness of God took the form of a unit of His own creation to redeem the world. Additionally, the accounts of Jesus as communicated in the Bible have historical and archaeological merit...
Perhaps a god, or gods, but not the Creator of the universe.
2007-06-18 08:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goddess worship goes back at least 30,000 years.. as for the embodiment, women were thought in many ancient cultures to embody the Goddess when pregnant.. Sumerian texts show the first god-man dying for his people.
2007-06-18 08:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is really subjective to what you consider religion and when the first religion started. Moses did fortell of the coming of Christ in 1500 BC.
2007-06-18 08:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by djmantx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first dieties are the fertilities goddesses. Nothing really is known about them, just the sculptures that are found.
2007-06-18 08:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earliest representations of humanoid figures which could be considered religious date back almost 25,000 years.
2007-06-18 08:43:22 · answer #7 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think paganism
2007-06-18 08:39:42 · answer #8 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when people worshipped penguins... All HAIL KING PENGUIN!
2007-06-18 08:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sumerians
2007-06-18 08:39:04 · answer #10 · answered by phrog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋