To: CatoRenasci
From what I've been able to determine, the hindu supernaturlist system dates back just a couple centuries BCE.
Looks like judism has the longivity title for this cycle of recorded history.
53 posted on
06/19/2003 12:28:22 PM PDT by
ASA Vet
("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
To: ASA Vet
Hmm, I think the Egyptians are still ahead, but it's a close run thing and Judism may well win out in the end (unless the Arabs have their way with the Jews). Judism is a special case, however, because it has not been the religion of a major state other than for 1000 years or so BC (I refuse to go to BCE and CE - too politically correct, so I'll stick with BC and AD). If you want to look at systems that sustained major states, the Egyptians win hands down, although there are probably claims that need to be investigated for Zoroastriansim, the religion of the Persian state before the Arabs.
54 posted on
06/19/2003 12:39:08 PM PDT by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo [Gallia][Germania][Arabia] Esse Delendam --- Select One or More as needed)
To: ASA Vet
Well, it depends. Certainly, recognizeable today Hinduism is not nearly as old as the continuous tradition that has developed into the modern religion.
The Vedic texts, however, likely date back to at least the second millenium B.C.E.
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