What is the most ancient religion still being practiced?
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Hinduism\n\nAccording to historians, the origin of Hinduism dates back to 5000 or more years. The word "Hindu" is derived from the name of River Indus, which flows through northern India. In ancient times the river was called the 'Sindhu', but the Persians who migrated to India called the river 'Hindu', the land 'Hindustan' and its inhabitants 'Hindus'. Thus the religion followed by the Hindus came to be known as 'Hinduism'.
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Well what religions are man made is a matter of opinion and not one that can be honestly answered objectively.  What relgion is the oldest in history is also unknowable because many polythestic relgions we know of have no a certained beginning to them.  We do not know how far back relgions go - possible to the first man and if you are of the monotheistic belief or polytheistic belief you will acertain that yours goes back to the first man.\n\nAs to your questions regarding the Book of Morman written by Joseph Smith (and I am sure I will offend someone by simplely saying he wrote it) I would suggest you look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormons to begin some of your reading on the subject.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Christianity, Buddhism, Muslim, Jewish, Wicca, Paganism, Hinduism, Scientology, Mormonism, I continually study religion, it is one of my great passions. You can't have a good conversation on religion unless you know what the person you are talking to is talking about.
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Actually...the oldest known Mosque in the Muslim world is in Mecca...which was first a temple to pagan idols long before Islam declaired it to be their Mosque...see Kabba for details...the Kabba in Mecca has an old meterorite in its walls that Muslims walks around and kiss...they say the blackened stone is suppose to be black from 'soaking' up all the sin...lol? Kinda makes one wonder just why so many people would walk around and around an old ancient pagan temple with a black meterorite in it anyway.
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The occult is referred to as the "old" religion..\nBecause the occult, or pagan rituals were around long before the formation of the more modern, in a sense, teaching of Christianity or Mohammedanism.  Notice how much of the "old" religions have been adapted by Christianity to gain more converts.
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The first religion that has the most followers up to know is the Christianity. The second is the Atheism if you count it as a religion.
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According to many of the research and survey websites that collect data on the world's religions, the fastest growing is Islam with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Neopaganism right behind it. The data, as mentioned on the websites, is not conclusive, it merely is data collected by religious groups themselves and then compiled. Thus, the numbers could be inflated. But so far the numbers from year to year show a steady increase in Islam, a decline in Christianity, and Hinduism, Buddhism and Neopaganism also rising very quickly in numbers of proclaimed adherents.
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What is the name of that religion that Adam and Eve had when they walked with God in the cool of the evening? I forget the name they called it.  Anyway, that was the oldest religion. Read the first couple of chapters of Genesis.
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At least 2000 years. Christianity is not yet civilized in that length of time.
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1) Christianity 2.1 billion (Began: ca. 27 AD/CE) \nRoman Catholicism: 1.085 billion \nProtestantism: 590 million \nEastern Orthodoxy: 200 million \nAnglican: 84 million \nOriental Orthodoxy, Assyrians, and other Christians: 350 million \n\nIslam 1.3 billion (Began: ca. 622 AD/CE) \nSunnism: 940 million \nShi'ism: 170 million \nSufi, Ibadiyyah, Druze and other Muslims : 80 million \nSecular/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist 1.1 billion \nCategory includes a wide range of beliefs, without specifically adhering to a religion. The category also includes humanism, deism, pantheism, and freethought. For more information, see the Adherents.com discussion of this category. \n\nHinduism 900 million (Began: 15th century BC/BCE) \nVaishnavism: 580 million \nShaivism: 220 million \nShaktism/Smartism/Arya Samaj/Other sects: 150 million \n\nBuddhism 708 million (Began: 6th century BC/BCE) \nMahayana: 185 million \nTheravada: 124 million \nChinese/Japanese Buddhism: 394 million \nPrimal indigenous 300 million \nNot a single organized religion, includes a wide range of primarily Asian traditional or tribal religions, including Shamanism and Paganism. \n\nAfrican traditional and diasporic 100 million \nNot a single organized religion, this includes traditional African beliefs such as Yoruba as well as diasporic beliefs such as Santeria (which itself draws from Catholicism) and Vodoun. \n\nShintoism 69 million (Began: 300 BC/BCE) \nThis number states the number of practicing followers of Shintoism; for if partial or ethnic followers of Shintoism were included, the number would fall around 100–115 million. \n\nSikhism 23 million (Began: 1500s) \nJuche 19 million \nNot considered a religion by adherents, who view it as secular and anti-revisionist. Juche is the political ideology of the Workers Party of Korea, the ruling party of the DPRK; some have argued it constitutes a religion due to its Great Leader Worship characteristics. The number is approximately the entire population of the country. \nSpiritism 15 million (Began: mid-19th century) \nNot a single organized religion, includes a variety of beliefs including some forms of Umbanda. \n\nJudaism 15 million (Began: 13th century BC/BCE) \n\nFalun Gong 10-100 million* (Began: 1992) \nNot necessarily considered a religion by adherents or outside observers. No membership or rosters, thus the actual figure of practitioners is impossible to confirm. \nBahá'í Faith 7 million (Began: 19th century) \n\nJainism 4.2 million (Began: 6th century BC/BCE)
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There's too many to list. But there are still the 7 ancient wonders of the world which blows any modern wonders to date still.
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Hinduism is. It started in the Indis Valley long ago.
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taoism (includes folk religion & ancestor worship), buddhism & islam. confucianism is more on intellectual, business & family values, which may or may not considered as a religion. in my opinion, its not a religion.\nupdated:\nmarion is very much correct. christianity is indeed making its way into chinese lifestyle recently, slow but steady. i forgot about christianity, because during the chinese revolution, most chinese- christians fled to taiwan. the christian missionaries were told to leave, & the remaining chinese- christians (like all other religions) were being 'brain-washed'. religions are absolutely not tolerated.\nthanks marion, for higlighting christianity.
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click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions#Largest_religions_or_belief_systems_by_number_of_adherents
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Cuniform is the oldest written language. The old testament was written in Hebrew and Chaldean (Daniel)
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There were many religions before Christianity. Judaism is one, just the Old Testament. Other religions have multiple Gods and Goddesses. Some have none. Christianity is not the only and not the first and maybe not even the right religion.
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Islam is the latest, complete, and best religion.\nKindly visit the following general websites:\nharunyahya.com\nAllaahuakbar.net\nirf.net