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What was the beginning of organized religion?

When and why did religion appear?

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  • 9 years ago
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    Possibly in the ancient land of Shinar where humans made a concerted effort to organize themselves to build a great tower reaching up into the heavens. They had already organized a city and their plan was to keep together, to unite in their defiance of the God of Noah. They built Babel, but God disorganized them by confusing their language. This caused them to spread out (as God had originally commanded them to do) and they undoubtedly took their attempts at organized religion with them. It's in Genesis chapter 11.

  • jeni
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I am not sure I understand the meaning of the word religion, it covers such a large

    area, some make it sound as if it means the same as Christian, it is sure to mean

    a group of people with or sharing a belief system of a power thought to be superior

    than that of humans, but that thinking may not be so, as with the golden calf or

    images that stand really tall as being man made, or Molech who was worthy of

    them burning there children in the fire to him.

    Abraham at age 75 learned about the God that owned earth when he was surrounded

    by humans acting like land grabbing land pirates, Gen.14:1-18. Year 2083.

    Year 2108, from the power of this God, he at age 100, Gen.21:5, and his wife at age

    90, gave birth to Isaac. He will be age 37 when his mom dies, Gen.23:1, and age 75

    when Abraham dies, Gen.25:7,9. At 430 years after Abraham was age 75[at yr 2083],

    Moses age 80, is at Exodus of Egypt with 600,000 heirs of Abraham, Exo.7:7; 12:37,

    41.

    Moses will give them the law that leads to Christ Jesus, Gal.3:16-26. These from

    Abraham son #20, year 2083, will know the God that created all things, the one who

    brought Noah through the flood that ended 669 years of earth wide violence, and from

    Adam, his off-springs are in a terrible condition of more evil than anything else, Gen.8:

    21; Since Noah was saved, these know God has plans to save his human creations at

    some time in the future, just as he is delivering Abraham's heirs out of Egypt bondage.

    These heirs will be surrounded by the land grabbing land pirates when they are in their

    own Promised Land, if they are godly and decent, God will help them, if not they will

    be on their own.

    So I guess we can start from here to conclude that these of the Promised Land was.

    organized to abide by the laws being godly and decent before the God that gave them

    life and a place to live it, and resist being like those they were surrounded by that

    surely out numbered them.

    1.

    People began with, those that had the true facts and now are called a religion.

    2.

    People began with, those having their belief systems, and are now called religion.

    At 2012 CE, which is greater in the world, true bible facts religion, if religion is what

    it's supposed to be called, Acts 11:26; or any of the belief systems religion or

    religions that makes the world a mass of confusion year 6078 from Gen.1:26. So

    near to the 1000 yr reign of Christ Jesus, Rev.20:1-6, where true bible facts mean

    everything.

    It is still the same today. Abraham year 2083 came out of Babylon, Rev.18:1-6.

    to be able to teach his children the true facts and they were still learning 430

    years later [what God can do] at Moses. At 450 years [or 880 years] later at

    Samuel, Acts 13:20,21, Saul is king 14 years and David is age 4[of 70], son #

    33, 2Sam.5:4,5; 1Ki.2:10, 11[Matt.1:1-17]; year 3029 David dies, Solomon is

    king 40 years to year 3069[temple begun his 4th year, 480 years in own land

    since Moses died, Deut.34:7, year 2553], year 3033, Solomon has 36 years,

    29 years in the temple to die year 3069, 1Ki.11:42. Year 2083 Abraham + 986

    years, year 3069, Solomon died. The Judah kings have 391 years, to year 3460

    [ 606 BCE, now at 2012 CE], 2618 years ago, Judah kings end, there will be no

    king until Christ Jesus at his 2nd coming, Matt.24;3,7,14; Rev.20:1-6.

    Study religions and the bible and compare it all to get true facts?

    Source(s): Bible. Bible Study.
  • 9 years ago

    At my current stage of research, briefly -

    Why: How to win a war and get what you desire.

    When: Long before the dinosaurs. On another planet, in a neighbouring galaxy.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Illuminati-Freemason-Aliens formed a conspiracy based on sun worship to seal our minds

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  • 9 years ago

    Civilization.

    No civilization ever crawled out of the caves of our ancestors without some kind of religious or religion-based forces behind it. Those were the basis for the laws that were developed by that civilization that gave an otherwise disorganized group of people, order to their community.

    As to why it appeared, I can only speculate and given my own experiences, I would say that it was spiritual in nature and a certain "prompting" that those early people could only attribute to a belief in deity or some higher authority.

    It was that way with my ancient ancestors (Picts and Celts) and I know of no society or civilization that did not get a start without religion at its side.

    TDs expected

  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    Probably Adam and Eve's religion. They utilized it to raise all those children they had. Remember Cain killed Abel over a religious act of worship.

    As far as 'organization' in societal terms: probably when fallen angels came down, portrayed themselves as gods and picked up a mortal following.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    The first time one neanderthal pointed at the sun and said to another, give me some food and I'll see that he gets it.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    Caveman see sky and rocks, no want other cavemen to have sky and rocks, make invisible man to make afraid other caveman

  • 9 years ago

    Because the logical necessity of a god/gods is so obvious that every human society from the most primitive to the most advanced has recognized it.

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