1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Which religion is the Oldest religion in the world?!

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by Antology, Oct 4, 2009.

  1. stOx

    stOx Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,426
    Likes Received:
    130
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    #61
    And what reasoning was used to find that number, or was it the first one you pulled out of your ass? It couldn't have any biblical origin because even if that particular calculation wasn't fatuous bollocks it would still only give us the age of humanity, not the universe. So have another go at manufacturing an excuse for believing something so obviously wrong.

    I bet you wish you kept quiet now.
     
    stOx, Oct 9, 2009 IP
  2. Traditione

    Traditione Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    731
    Likes Received:
    23
    Best Answers:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    120
    #62
    6000 years means what if the calendars were different?

    that crazy Maya (NOT MAYAN) Calendar is going to hit whopping 13.

    ....the past however freaking many years Gregorian/Julian are 13 Maya cycles.

    Now, I'm not exactly sure if one of their cycles = our idea of a century or other combination of many years, but that doesn't really matter.

    I'm quite religious, but the world is in no way shape or form only 6000 repetitions of our Jan 1st - Dec 31st year.

    Now I'm not going to be so insulting as to convey why an ancient people who wanted to progress forward as rapidly as possible (counter-intuitive for religion, some think) would want people to believe that so much of the world has changed in such a short period of time...Unless these teachers of old knew that if people were aware their realm might be infinitely old they'd grow complacent and think themselves rulers instead of guests and maintainers.
     
    Traditione, Oct 10, 2009 IP
  3. Dollar hunter

    Dollar hunter Member

    Messages:
    500
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    28
    #63
    Sorry man i cant tell that which was the first religion coz that time i was not there.
     
    Dollar hunter, Oct 10, 2009 IP
  4. Antology

    Antology Guest

    Messages:
    67
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #64
    But maybe you know something about it, you read it somewhere or learn about it. I was just interested but now I read a lot of nice content about that subject. Thanks guys!
     
    Antology, Oct 10, 2009 IP
  5. kraftzy

    kraftzy Active Member

    Messages:
    269
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    58
    #65
    kraftzy, Oct 10, 2009 IP
  6. icebreaker

    icebreaker Peon

    Messages:
    349
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #66
    Christianity is the oldest religion in the world. :)
     
    icebreaker, Oct 11, 2009 IP
  7. Jackuul

    Jackuul Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    2,972
    Likes Received:
    115
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    180
    #67
    *Facepalm*

    Then tell me what the Greeks were in 500 B.C. (Before Christ).

    They had a religion, or do you deny this?

    Oh... and... THE JEWS of which CHRIST WAS ONE OF.

    *Doublefacepalm*
     
    Jackuul, Oct 12, 2009 IP
  8. GeorgeB.

    GeorgeB. Notable Member

    Messages:
    5,695
    Likes Received:
    288
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    280
    #68
    Go back and have a look at what I said again. It had nothing to do with the ideals, teachings, and philosophy or how Chist described them.

    The story of Christ is Christianity. That story is clearly either copied from or based on previous religious stories. So it therefore cannot be the oldest religion because there were obviously religions before it that Christianity is based on.

    My point is that even if these were all coincidences (I doubt it) these religions still existed before Christianity.
     
    Last edited: Oct 16, 2009
    GeorgeB., Oct 16, 2009 IP
  9. sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in

    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,436
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    128
    #69
    Religion created by GOD.....
     
    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in, Oct 17, 2009 IP
  10. Jackuul

    Jackuul Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    2,972
    Likes Received:
    115
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    180
    #70
    You fail. And stop spamming.
     
    Jackuul, Oct 17, 2009 IP
  11. Antology

    Antology Guest

    Messages:
    67
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #71
    I just want to say, I see that I started really good discussion. I`m really glad to see all your answers!!
     
    Antology, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  12. eric8476

    eric8476 Active Member

    Messages:
    1,547
    Likes Received:
    16
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    #72
    Couldn't the hen have come first, develping its reproduction as it evolved?
     
    eric8476, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  13. Damocles

    Damocles Peon

    Messages:
    154
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #73
    Polytheism ruled the day, pretty much even with the Hebrews, all the way up until the time of Abraham. Even thereafter until Christianity started spreading the Triune version of Monotheism. While there were a few single-god systems (Zoroastrianism, is one example), it was pretty much paganism. The most likely scenario is people trying to explain phenomena that appeared unexplainable without supernatural forces.
     
    Damocles, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  14. stOx

    stOx Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,426
    Likes Received:
    130
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    #74
    No. The genes responsible for egg formation, and many other features of birds, are the same genes responsible for it in reptiles.
     
    stOx, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  15. Jackuul

    Jackuul Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    2,972
    Likes Received:
    115
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    180
    #75
    and are the same in amphibians and fish... and even humans. The basic building blocks exist throughout all animal life.
     
    Jackuul, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  16. eric8476

    eric8476 Active Member

    Messages:
    1,547
    Likes Received:
    16
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    #76
    Included in the evolution from reptile to hen, isn't the "hen" part first?
     
    eric8476, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  17. Love*

    Love* Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,739
    Likes Received:
    51
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    165
    Digital Goods:
    1
    #77
    Jews have been around the longest I think. :) Christ Himself was a Jew.
     
    Love*, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  18. stOx

    stOx Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,426
    Likes Received:
    130
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    #78
    No because the hen evolved from reptiles. So the first thing which could be called a chicken would have come from an egg, on the grounds that the chickens ancestors would have been laying eggs long before chickens were around.
     
    stOx, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  19. eric8476

    eric8476 Active Member

    Messages:
    1,547
    Likes Received:
    16
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    #79
    considering linking reptile, hen evolution as one source, i.e. hen ancestors are considered hens, the "hen" comes first
     
    eric8476, Oct 18, 2009 IP
  20. stOx

    stOx Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,426
    Likes Received:
    130
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    #80
    No because a hen wouldn't have laid the egg which the first hen came out of. This is simple stuff eric, seriously. You are just going to have to take my word for it, as you are unable to actually grasp this point on your own.
     
    stOx, Oct 18, 2009 IP