2007-10-10 23:51:19 · 15 answers · asked by rex_kin 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religion of Adam, to worship one and only God. Of course that is Islam.
2007-10-11 00:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by Happily Happy 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Probably an old animistic religion from back in the hunter gatherer days.
That particular religion is almost certainly dead by now but some concepts from those animistic religions are still around even in today's post-religious world.
Among religions that are actually still practised one could probably argue that the various tribal animistic religions are the oldest being descended from the first religions.
2007-10-11 07:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Vedas from India is said to be the oldest. Then we have Zarathustra from Persia and Hinduism as well.
The northern religions with Zeuss, Odin, etc.
The Celtic religion.
Native American religions
The Aztecs
The Chinese.
All of the above are older than Christianity.
2007-10-11 07:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Hinduism is the oldest because when Europe and America where in the dark ages Indians where writing philosophy
2007-10-11 07:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by raja r 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The earliest practical religious experiences point to animism/shamanism. Here's evidence of one from 15,000 years ago:
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412185
The oldest ritualistic markings are thought to be 70,000 years old, from Botswana:
http://www.afrol.com/articles/23093
The oldest religion (organised) religion that is still practiced today is commonly thought to be Hinduism.
In a sense all religion is linked. It is fear of the unknown and death. The moment that one of our ancestors thought lightning/thunder was specifically terrifying to them, (for un-earthly 'reasons') was the moment that religion began.
2007-10-11 07:00:37 · answer #5 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sanatan Dharma (Universal Religion) is the oldest religion. We know this religon now as Hinduism.
2007-10-11 07:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by yog_shakti 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
A forgotten one.
There must be a great number of primordial belief system that have long since been lost.
2007-10-11 06:56:42 · answer #7 · answered by Golgi Apparatus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's paganism which then became the religion of Ancient Egyptians. Later they became Christians.
Good Luck!
2007-10-11 07:07:04 · answer #8 · answered by cleopatra 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Anthropologists are unsure if it's Goddess Worship or Nature Worship.
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2007-10-11 09:19:33 · answer #9 · answered by Rai A 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Most likely nature/sun worship would have been the earliest.
2007-10-11 07:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by Klute 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The true worship of Jehovah God, it was there long before Adam was created.
2007-10-11 10:16:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋