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For as long as there have been humans, there has been faith and spiritual expression.
Humans have always had an inclination to worship, to adhere to religious or spiritual beliefs.
But trying to pinpoint when that inclination manifested into the first religion is challenging.
What was the first faith? What’s the world’s oldest surviving religion? Let’s find out.
Read the Article here: symbolsage.com/worlds-oldest-religion
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Prehistoric religions
1:30 - Upper Paleolithic Period
2:19 - Neolithic period
3:09 - Ancient Civilizations
5:40 - Hinduism
7:28 - Zoroastrianism
8:35 - Judaism
10:22- Christianity
11:03 - Islam
Further Reading:
Prehistoric Religions: encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/prehistoric-religions-overview
Study on Evolution of Religion: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4958132
Grave Goods: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_goods
Venus Figurines: visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/venus-figurines.htm
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey: humanprogress.org/centers-of-progress-pt-31-gobekli-tepe-religion
World’s First Religious Temple: fountainmagazine.com/2018/issue-124-july-aug-2018/goebekli-tepe-the-world-s-first-religious-temple
Indus Valley Civilization: worldhistory.org/article/230/religious-developments-in-ancient-india
Hinduism: history.com/topics/religion/hinduism
Zoroastrianism: https://www.getty.edu/news/in-search-of-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-religions/
Evolution of Judaism:edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/world_religions/judaism/change-evolution.pdf
Zoroastrian Impact on Judaism: https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/309/zorojud.htm
Zoroastrianism and Abrahamic Religions: theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/jul/13/abrahamic-religion-zoroastrian-judaism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehezkel_Kaufmann
Kaveh Farrokh: kavehfarrokh.com/ancient-prehistory-651-a-d/achaemenids/john-palmer-zoroaster-forgotten-prophet-of-the-one-god
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For as long as there have been humans, there has been faith and spiritual expression.
Humans have always had an inclination to worship, to adhere to religious or spiritual beliefs.
But trying to pinpoint when that inclination manifested into the first religion is challenging.
What was the first faith? What’s the world’s oldest surviving religion? Let’s find out.
Read the Article here: symbolsage.com/worlds-oldest-religion
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Prehistoric religions
1:30 - Upper Paleolithic Period
2:19 - Neolithic period
3:09 - Ancient Civilizations
5:40 - Hinduism
7:28 - Zoroastrianism
8:35 - Judaism
10:22- Christianity
11:03 - Islam
Further Reading:
Prehistoric Religions: encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/prehistoric-religions-overview
Study on Evolution of Religion: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4958132
Grave Goods: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_goods
Venus Figurines: visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/venus-figurines.htm
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey: humanprogress.org/centers-of-progress-pt-31-gobekli-tepe-religion
World’s First Religious Temple: fountainmagazine.com/2018/issue-124-july-aug-2018/goebekli-tepe-the-world-s-first-religious-temple
Indus Valley Civilization: worldhistory.org/article/230/religious-developments-in-ancient-india
Hinduism: history.com/topics/religion/hinduism
Zoroastrianism: https://www.getty.edu/news/in-search-of-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-religions/
Evolution of Judaism:edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/world_religions/judaism/change-evolution.pdf
Zoroastrian Impact on Judaism: https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/309/zorojud.htm
Zoroastrianism and Abrahamic Religions: theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/jul/13/abrahamic-religion-zoroastrian-judaism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehezkel_Kaufmann
Kaveh Farrokh: kavehfarrokh.com/ancient-prehistory-651-a-d/achaemenids/john-palmer-zoroaster-forgotten-prophet-of-the-one-god
Follow us on:
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#religion #oldestreligion #hinduism #zoroastrianism #islam #christianity #animism #ancient #ancienthistory #judaism #spiritual #religions
