why did all of religiones originate from the middle east?

Question

as you know all of prophits were from the middle east,at least the main ones,or there is no any proof that shows there was any significant religion in the south america or far east.why all of prophits should come from the middle east? what about another people? how god should have guided them? or they didn't need to be guided?

Answer 1

Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism did not originate in the Middle East.

Answer 2

As already pointed out, several religions originated outside of the middle east. The idea that all prophets were from the middle east can be debated. We know that Buddhism originated in India and the the Buddha himself would be the prophet (Siddhartha Gautama was a real person a.k.a Buddha).
Other religions split outside of the Middle East. The Christian Reformation occurred in Europe. I would not consider Martin Luther a prophet, though he brought religion to the laity of Europe. The Mormon faith originated in the United States. Brigham Young could be argued to be a prophet.

Answer 3

Don't be so patronizing. One person's prophet is another person's looney.

The religions which were developed by the natives of North and South America, not to mention the ones of the Chinese and Japanese, and everybody else's, were just as real and meaningful to them as any of the ones I infer you are babbling about.

Someday, when the countries which follow the religions you apparently think are strong, are conquered or no more, someone will relegate those religions to the trash heap, too; just as you have all the other religions of the world.

Religions are ephemeral and come and go. They last only as long as the people who need them. If one kills the people, one kills the god.

Answer 4

It didn't. Religion originated wherever there were people - people are spirits living in a body, with a choice and intellect and so the natural response is to seek to make sense of life and one's purpose in life. For instance, the !Khung of Africa (first nomadic tribe) had a "religion" which was pretty much set and specific.

When you talk about the main religions, you talk about the civilizations that were more advanced finding more "advanced" solutions, in very basic terms. I'm not arab so I'm not biased, but the arabs of the middle east were the in fact innovators in many fields, from mathematics, to science, to astronomy, etc. As such, they were "thinkers" and the more you think, the more you meditate on life, the more you meditate on life, the more you seek answers, the more answers you seek, the more answers are given to you. Wether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu, whatever, the truth that there is only one Creative Force is real - so real EInstein wrote a book on it and so real that poets and lovers and monks alike have died for it.

God guides invididuals. The individuals are messengers that have searched or been chosen as seekers. They then spread the message. God is all seeing and all knowing (the creative force, if you wish) and will speak to nations through individuals.

On a deeper level, look at it this way. Light is all there is, vibrations of light. Vibrating at different frequencies. Go to the lowest denominator of all PHYSICAL life - the atom - split it and you are left with.. LIGHT. Go to water... split those atoms.. light. Light and energy vibrates at different frequencies yet all come from one source, therefore carrying the imprint of that source, and returning to that source. So whatever you believe, you believe it because you have or haven't searched for your origin, which is also your destination.

Did people not need to be guided? Well, herein is the element of choice. All humans need to be guided. But not all humans choose to be guided. And when "guidance" comes with "guidelines" man rebels. Rebellion requires a reminder of "who's the boss" which those who seek promptly become when those choosing not to believe become too great in number.

That's my take. Seek and you'll find. Don't seek and odds are someone will find you. When they find you, you'll still have the choice to follow. Why did so many follow the theories of the middle east prophets? Because they were seekers and had the reputation of their behaviour modelling their findings. That, makes for Charisma. On a "religious" tone, it also makes for the perfect candidate for God to use as a messenger to those he wants to "awaken" to the reality that He exists, is Supreme, and to HIM all shall return.

Where people seek - those people find. Those people tell others. IF others are not seeking, they will not find. If they do attempt to "concoct" it doesn't resonate with light, so it doesn't spread.

Personal note: Perhaps that's why Islam is the fastest growing religion. Guidelines are such that people are encouraged to seek - seek knowledge, even if you go to the ends of the earth for it!

Answer 5

ALL religions did NOT originate in the middle east. ONE religious tradition, with 3 main branches, originated in the middle east. Other religious traditions originated in Asia, Africa, and North and South America. All ancient peoples, once they began the process of civilization, also began the process of searching for meaning to their lives. This gave rise to many different religious models around the world.

The monotheism that arose in the middle east around the second millenium BC with the birth of Judaism did not catch on with wide appeal very quickly, but it proved to be amazingly tenacious, surviving 2000 years until the advent of Christianity, and 2000 years beyond that.

Judaism gave rise directly to Christianity. Christianity is, at its heart, a sect of Judaism that believes that the long awaited Messiah has, in fact, already arrived in the person of Jesus Christ.

Judaism also gave rise less directly to Islam, which, at its heart, accepts the preachings of the Hebrew Prophets and adds to that the preachings of its supreme Prophet, Mohammed.

So, you're contention that ALL religions originated in the middle east reflects a somewhat narrow view of the world.

Answer 6

As I know, Hinduism and Buddhism originated in India, and not in the Middle East. That makes your question incorrect, since Hinduism and Buddhism ARE the main ones for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. You need to change your question, get with the facts, and check your spelling.

Answer 7

They didn't. There are plenty of other religions in Europe. Asia, North and South America and Australia.
It's just the middle east ones cause the most problems.

Answer 8

At first may I request to correct the question and subsequent expansion/explanation! Religion has always served certain purpose of the deprived / exploited people. Jainism during 1000 - 800 BC and Buddhism during 600 - 500 BC originated and developed in India to protest because priests / religious leaders had been exploiting cultivators, traders, artisans, craftsmen and toiling people in the name of god, religious rites and rituals for their own luxurious life. It is applicable for efflorescence of all religions. Some says that Jesus Christ studied religious doctrines and philosophy at Varanasi. At the beginning Islam was idol-centered religion. Prophet Muhammad studied religious doctrines and philosophy of the east. He had thrown away all idols and wiped out all writings on the wall at Mecca. But again middle-east had remarkably patronized for religions to grow since historical development and spatial distribution of civilisations were around middle-east because of its geographical position that thrust trade to flourish at Catal huyuk (8500 BC), Jericco (8000 BC), Jerusalem (6000 - 5000 BC), Egypt (4000 - 3000 BC) and Sumer (4000 - 3500 BC) and traders facilitatated efflorescence of new religions and doctrines. They played an important role to spread / propagate the doctrines / religious teachings of new religions as traders have the ability to reach huts and hamlets beyond gorges and passes, across deserts and seas and human settlements beyond horizon.

Answer 9

It seems to me to have started with the Egyptians but there has been some kind of religion from all regions at all times. I don't know why you think that the East hasn't got a successful religion. Their religions are very old. I think you are thinking inside a box.

Answer 10

The Middle Eastern religions (Abrahamic faiths--Judaism, Christianity, Islam) just happen to be in the ascendant in modern times. This does not make them the only religions, only some of the most adhered to.