Whats the oldest religion?

i think its Islam
what do you guys think?

This is according to my research....

Hinduism is generally considered to be the oldest religion still being practiced today. This ancient religion was born when the Aryan peoples migrated to Northern India and first put their religious tradition into writing. The texts they created are the Vedas, which were written around 1,500 B.C.E. (before common era) and have greatly influenced Indian culture ever since.

Several other religions are almost as old as Hinduism. Judaism traces its roots back to the patriarch Abraham, who lived around 1,800 B.C.E. While the Jewish people are descended from Abraham, it was Moses who first recorded the Torah, the Jewish holy text, in 1,400 B.C.E. Most sources consider the date of the Torah as the beginning of Judaism.

Zoroastrianism is sometimes called the world's oldest prophetic religion. It's certainly one of the earliest religions founded by one person. Scholars are not certain when the founding prophet Zarathustra actually lived. Some believe Zarathustra lived in the 6th century B.C.E., while others trace his writings to the 14th or 13th centuries B.C.E.

India has been a veritable cradle for world religions -- in addition to Hinduism, both Jainism and Buddhism originated in India. The first of Jainism's sacred lords, called a Tirthankara, lived in the 8th century B.C.E. The last of these lords was Mahavir, who lived in the 5th century B.C.E. and was a key figure in spreading the religion. The philosophical teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, spread around Asia after his death in 483 B.C.E.

Oddly enough, the two religions that dominate the world today are relative newcomers to the spiritual scene. Christianity began with the teachings of Jesus Christ around 30 C.E., and Islam started in 610 C.E. with the prophet Muhammad's revelation.

well hope this answers the question

hey mod i did a little more digging and actually, there's no way to tell if Hinduism or Islam is older....they have no clue because they both existed for so long that scientists cant pin point a exact day/date

i wish I have some time to research but I have homework to go and do. So u ppl research this for me. What about Christianism? Is it the oldest?

Beverly89 wrote:

i wish I have some time to research but I have homework to go and do. So u ppl research this for me. What about Christianism? Is it the oldest?

hahahhaa
no Christianity is very young compare to Islam and Hinduism

HINDUISM is the oldest.

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WOW REALLY NOT SURE .

ha ha ha, very funny Prince. Hinduism is not the oldest.
Which do u think is the oldest Gavin?

amm who fool u
Islam is rather young compear everyone else

some pakoo fulling your head with nonsence
next it will be the bombs.

Islam is a nice religion but how some majee's brain wash there followers and parents too it's suprising that it's still on.

Regarding Judaism and Hinduism, these references (and others) show the
oldest Hindu texts date at approx. 1500 BCE and the oldest Judaic
texts at about 1000 BCE.

Hinduism
"The texts they created are the Vedas, which were written around 1,500
B.C.E. (before common era) and have greatly influenced Indian culture
ever since."
http://answers.org/cgibin/apologetics.pl?noframes;read=101
and
"There are four Vedas, the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva
Veda. The Vedas are the primary texts of Hinduism. They also had a
vast influence on Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The Rig Veda, the
oldest of the four Vedas, was composed about 1500 B.C., and codified
about 600 B.C. It is unknown when it was finally comitted to writing,
but this probably was at some point after 300 B.C."
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/

Judaism
Modern scholarship holds that the LXX was translated and composed over
the course of the 3rd through 1st centuries BC, beginning with the
Torah. The oldest witnesses to the LXX include 2nd century BC
fragments of Leviticus and Deuteronomy (Rahlfs nos. 801, 819, and
957), and 1st century BC fragments of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the Minor Prophets (Rahlfs nos. 802, 803,
805, 848, 942, and 943). Relatively complete manuscripts of the LXX
include the Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus of the 4th
century AD and the Codex Alexandrinus of the 5th century. These are
indeed the oldest surviving nearly-complete manuscripts of the Old
Testament in any language; the oldest extant complete Hebrew texts
date from around 1000 [BCE]."
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Septuagint

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My Point is Hinduism is the oldest religion
but don't take my word for it do some reserch and for got sake people stop listening to your pandits, majees and pastors, there mear mortals and capable of telling a lie ,

ur rite hinduism is da longest religion......bev...hinduism is de longest....n christianity is de largest!!!!

moderator wah mean?? so which one is it precisely?

Quite interesting...well I don't know which is the oldest..so I have no comments.

According to religious historians, Islam was founded by Muhammad the Prophet around 622CE (Common Era), or about 1,382 years ago in Mecca.

Christianity was founded by Jesus Christ approximately 1,971 (33CE) years ago. As for Buddhism, it was founded by an Indian Prince Siddhartha Gautama in approximately 566BCE (Before Common Era), about 2500 years ago.

In fact, the oldest of the four main religions is Hinduism. Hinduism has the oldest recorded roots in Dravidianism. Dravidianism was estimated to have been practised around 6000 to 3000BCE and as such predates Sumerian, Egyptian and Babylonian cultures.

Islam is the second largest religion in the world with an estimated 1.2 billion followers (about 20 percent of the world's population). Presently Christianity is still the largest with about 33 percent of the world population its followers.

However, Islam is today's fastest growing religion. By 2025 or earlier, Islam will overtake Christianity as the world's largest religion. This is due to conversion (in mainly non-Muslim countries) and also the population growth in Muslim countries.

Hinduism is the oldest...

wow, cool info.....