Religion was created by a bunch of enlightened nomads between 2-5 millennia ago..?
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Seems to me that you also believe something blindly and narrowly... that you are right. Isn't that the real problem? That most people have deeply felt beliefs and believe they are right, and have a hard time tolerating others with different views? Your opinion and decisions about religions, our origins, and so on are valid, but so are mine. You speak of religious people being narrow minded, and refer to people like yourself as broad-minded. But, isn't it narrow minded to label any one group of people? You are saying that you don't like having a religious person's views imposed on you. But, in the same breath, you impose your beliefs on us, and label "anyone believing" as unfulfilled, and unintelligent. How exactly does that make sense? Since the group you are speaking of (religious people) is a group I belong to, perhaps I should enlighten you by letting you know that I'm not imposing my beliefs on anyone. I'm am quite ready to talk to those who would listen or have questions, and I am quite ready to listen to others. Do I believe blindly and narrowly? Well, if I didn't believe 100% in my God, that would make me a hypocrite who is wasting my time. If that says to you that I am either blind or narrow, then so be it. But you might consider that our time on earth may be better spent discussing issues without judgment - oh, but wait, Jesus told us not to judge, so I guess that won't work, huh?
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ask a christian or a muslim then you would know that no dinosaur was more than 6000 years old :D\nother than that i don't really know :-<
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About 2,000 years i think
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I think some religions were invented for that.  In some you have to pay lots of money to be "enlightened" and reach a high rank in that religion.
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Well fkyoupayme, I can tell that you have no interest in knowledge. In fact, this is one of the silliest questions I have ever heard. Which stands to reason that it would receive one of the sillies answer I have heard. I am speaking of the answer by "Anhar_Hussain_Miah". He states that Moses was a Muslim, but since there were no Muslims until the early 600's CE and it wasn’t' a major religious force until the early 700's. Even if you count Mohammed as the first Muslim, that wasn't until 570 CE. IF, and that is a big if, Moses really lived, it was thousands years before that. Jesus was several hundred years before that, and they were both Jews... Hebrew, acutely.  As for Buddha, he denounced the existence of a creator god and professed that the way to enlightenment or salvation is in your own hands. \n\nLets see, Islam has basic beliefs. \n1) Belief in a god.\n2) Belief in the Angels\n3) Belief in the books sent by god\n4) Belief in all the prophets and messengers sent by god\n5) Belief in the Day of Judgment and in life after death, meaning heaven and hell. \n6) Belief in Fate\n\nLet's check this out. \n\nBesides that fact that Buddha Lived 1,000 years before Mohammed, Buddha taught that god(s) was/were irrelevant to our existence. \nBuddha had no discussions about angels, either for or against,. (It wasn't a belief at that time in idea.) \nBuddha taught that words were unimportant. Understand reality was all important. Thus, any book of god would be virtually worthless. \nBuddha didn’t believe in 'messengers' of god or gods. He believed that we achieve enlivenment on our own by giving up our attachments. (That would include any attachment to a god) \nBuddha did not teach about a day of Judgment. In fact, Buddha teaches us that all beings are capable of reaching enlightenment, and in time, will. Buddhism does not believe in hell. (Or heaven for that matter.) \nBuddha did not believe in fate...Just Karma, and there is a significant difference. \n\nSo if Buddha was a Muslim as Anhar_Hussain_Miah professes, then hw was a really bad one since he didn't believe in ANY of the teaching of Mohammed. \n\nOh! But to answer your really sad question, the answer would me Mohammad.\n\nMoses always had other do his fighting. Jesus wouldn’t fight. He just turns the other cheek. Gandhi and Buddha both believed in none-violence and compassion for their fellow man.  Mohammad was a very violent individual willing to fight and kill.\n\nI hope this helps...although I can't imagine how.
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the normal answer would be that, the ancient egyptians are the oldest civilisation on earth older than chritianity. So these eras were the begining of philosphy and researching religion. Religion is almost a science these days , just watch the Di Vinci Code by Dan Brown, and compare this with what our ancestors had to work with. Very primitive, but very impressive if you think about it. \n\nThey had gods for most events, like hunting, death, farming, birth, etc, etc.
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Because religion is a corrupt empire. Are we entirely sure that they werent changed by others as they years went by? History tends to be painted in a somewhat favorable light in order to keep weak minds controlled.
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Not sure if there will be a next big one...religions as a whole are dying as we become a more enlightened and scientific species...every generation produces more rational thinkers and skeptics who recognize that there is no true religion and that religion has served it's purpose (i.e. run it's course) for humanity...with a little luck, a few millennia from now we'll be all the way there...
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there is no conflict about the real religion cause who created the religion is only one.but the conflict is between people who believe in those religion and the people who changed what wrote in the religion's book
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Hinduism is. It started in the Indis Valley long ago.
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I believe they would come up with some sort of religion involving pagan dieties for them to worship similar to what ancient cultures have done. Mayans, Egyptians, Aztecs, ancient Chinese, etc.
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That is impossible to determine with the tons of religions these days, could have been cave men, maybe adam and eve, it's impossible to find out.
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Thats what I said long ago, evolution is a religion
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The world's oldest religion, atleast chronologically from a historic perspective is Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma). However, please keep in mind that everyone of every religion considers their religion to not be 'new'. Christianity is seen as a fulfillment of prophecies based in Judaism. Baha'i is based upon prophecies in Islam. So as far as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Baha'i, if you ask a member of this religion they can each point backwards through the Abrahamic traditions to how each 'fulfilled' other areas, thus keeping them within the same line. THe same can be said of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, etc. So when asking this question it is best to be aware of what exactly you are wanting to know. As one Christian I know said "Jesus was a part of God in the begining, thus Christianity is the oldest religion because Jesus was always a part of God, but it is young if you only compare it from a historic chronological perspective." I think that is well said.\nThus from a Historice Chronological Perspective from oldest to youngest the religions go:\nHinduism\nZoroastrianism\nJudaism\nJainism\nBuddhism\nTaoism\nConfucism\nShinto\nChristianity\nIslam\nSikhism\nBaha'i\nNeoPaganism*\n\nPlease note that many in the NeoPagan movement claim direct connection to the Pagan past and often direct it to a specific ancient culture/civilization, but not all. Some state that theirs is a new religion based upon a revitalization of ancient religions, but not the ancient religions themselves. So one has to be careful in this area, too. Native American beliefs and Shamanism are not listed, nor did I name Unitarian-Universalism, Rastafarianism, etc. I mainly listed major world religions. (UUs do not necessarily view themselves as a religion in itself, but rather an approach to religion with many in a UU congregation holding a wide variety of beliefs from many of the worlds religions. There are some UU, though, who would claim that as their religion so no offense to those who do).
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the oldest religion still going is Hindiuism I believe. \n\nI think hinduism originated in the Indus Valley civilisation about 5000 years, although boviously like all religions it has changed over time, the core beliefs are still there
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interesting theory\ni would imagine that applies with religion yes\nhowever most religions have adapted .. even those who seem set in their ways , did at one point borrow and adopt other beliefs\n\nin saying that , i do feel that in present day , adapting is no longer accepted for many
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A pagan one. :-P Pagan religions were the majority until Christianity came along.