2007-09-25 05:49:31 · 13 answers · asked by G.xi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nobody knows. Prehistoic graves indicate a belief in the afterlife, and neolithic monuments almost certainly had a religious significance.
2007-09-25 05:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
errr, no-one truly knows. The story of adam and eve is more of a parable rather than an actual event as such, but "who first thought of god/s" is too hard for anyone to truly answer. Some of the oldest religions - such as hinduism and Zoroastrianism go back a very long way, and there must have been more before then.
Who knows, could well have been the cavemen looking at lightning and thinking it was "magical" or something. Different concept of a god to the modern day one, but hey, you never know.
Toodles
2007-09-25 12:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by themightysloth 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adam. He spoke with God in the garden fo Eden.
2007-09-25 15:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it as some guy called Adam, lived in a rather nice garden I believe although not sure where - must have been tropical though because he didn't wear an overcoat much!
2007-09-25 13:47:02 · answer #4 · answered by alex s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gods were invented by early men, in a desperate attempt to explain what was (to them) unexplainable... things like the sun, moon, and stars... day and night... thunder and lightening... sickness and death... etc... and to answer questions that were once unanswerable... vital, profound, important questions like "Daddy... what holds the sky up?" The answer for ALL of these things was some form of "God did it."
For all of these questions, the delusion "God did it" (the ILLUSION of knowledge) has been replaced by REAL knowledge... and as a result, this 'god' has been reduced from an all-powerful supernatural being to a 'God of the Gaps'... an imaginary cockroach-like creature that scurries from crack-to-crevice, looking for the remaining patches of darkness and shadow in mankind's 'knowledge-base', so as to cower and hide from the glaring light of knowledge and understanding.
Evolution is a part of that REAL knowledge. Creationism is a part of the mythology that religion still clings to. Why? Because it is good BUSINESS.
The fact that people continue to cling to this pitiable, delusional 'god' idea is a pathetic disgrace, to say the least... and I am inclined to add 'tragic' to that, as well... a testament to the enduring power of gullibility, irrationality, willful ignorance, self-delusion, intellectual dishonesty, hypocrisy and drooling stupidity.
Yet today, we find stalwart defenders of these insane delusions fighting a desperate battle to stave off knowledge and understanding, trying to shield the dark cracks and crevices of ignorance from the light of reason... crying "No... no... that ain't so... God did it... God did it."
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2007-09-25 12:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Humans.
2007-09-25 12:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by coralsnayk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
His name was Jerry, I think he lives in the Bronx now but he might have already moved.
2007-09-25 12:52:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adam.
2007-09-25 12:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
gods are created by men (idols of wood stone ect.)
God created men.
God's word can be backed up by history and fulfillment.
Greek Mythology can not.
2007-09-25 12:53:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
a conman about 2000 years ago.
2007-09-25 13:56:23 · answer #10 · answered by Adam (AM) 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋