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Originally Posted by Dark_crow Historian Dr. Albert Hyma wrote, I believe, in Streams of Civilization I: “According to many present authorities, the Sumerians were originally monotheistic in their belief, for the most ancient written records state clearly that they believed in only one God. This is a very important fact to note, because until very recently (1937) a large number of historians believed that mankind originally was polytheistic and that gradually as human beings became civilized, they formed a higher conception of the deity.” |
I have always believed in monotheism being the original religion since the beginning of human life in this world.
It is good to find archeological findings which support it,though my belief does not change even if there were no archeological evidence of it. I did always believe that the more research is done into the origin of religions,the more people will realise that all religions lead to one source.We are from the same source and unto the same source we will return.
I also believe that the universal laws that people find similar to the 10 commandments came from this very source.Which is why although one may not be a believer,they have certain values in them to discern right from wrong.
Of course there are those who uses their free will to do wrong even when they know it is not right.
"Finally, Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt, an Austrian, set out in the 1920's to compile every "alias of the Almighty" discovered by explorers around the world. It took Schmidt an amazing six volumes totalling 4,500 pages to detail them all! A minimum of a thousand more examples have come to light since then. An approximate 90 percent or more of the folk religions on this planet contain clear acknowledgment of the existence of one Supreme God! Schmidt's classic "Der Ursprung der Gottesidee" (The Origin of the Concept of God) was finally published in 1934."
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a393151a5332f.htm
Also from the above link.
"They had thoroughly debunked all pretensions about the supernatural origin of religion. Religion, they claimed, evolved mentally just as biological forms evolved physically.
Back on the Kalahari Desert, in the Ituri forest, and innumberable other locations, however; the young anthropologists were getting down to a deeper level of questioning. They would ask the animists: "By the way, who made the world?" and were startled to hear them respond, often with a happy smile, by naming a single Being who lived in the sky.
"Is he good or bad?" was a usual second question. "Good, of course", was the invariable reply. "Show me the idol you use to represent him", the researcher might ask. "What idol? Don't you know that he must never be represented by an idol?"
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Originally Posted by Mr_am It started with Adam. Was Adam (the father of humanity) monotheist ? YES .. So his religion is the first religion. |
I agree with you on this.
From the appearance of the first human on earth and all the descendants from then were aware of the existence of an Almighty God,but then humans being humans have found their own interpretations of the guidace given to them and branched off into different beliefs in nature and the universe.
Hinduism, considered one of the oldest religions,it is mentioned in their books that there is non comparable to the One (Brahma).They have One God,but the priests of the same religion,thought that it will be hard for the commoners to understand and communicate with the One,they started worshipping nature and people as manifestations of the One,or worship through these objects to get to the One God.
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