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The oldest known religion in the world is Zoroastrianism. The exact chronology of the doctrine that originated in Iran is complicated by the age of years.�
The basis of the teaching of Zaroastrianism is the free moral choice of good thoughts, good words and good deeds by a person. In ancient times and in the early Middle Ages, Zoroastrianism was widespread mainly in the territory of Greater Iran. Zoroastrianism contains both monotheistic and dualistic features. This religion has never preached explicit monotheism, like the Abrahamic religions, but is in fact a very peculiar attempt to unify polytheistic religion under the cult of a single supreme God.
This question is probably impossible to answer, and not only because it is impossible to determine exactly when the pre-history ended, and the” history ” of humanity already began. Should we include, say, Neanderthals in this story?�
But the fact is that the archaeological finds left over from that time allow us to conclude that the oldest people already had some religious ideas, but what exactly – such conclusions can only be made presumably. It is not known whether the famous Altamira and Kapova cave paintings,this famous Palaeolithic painting, had religious significance. It is not known whether the strange objects found during excavations had a religious purpose, most likely yes, but what is it?�
So, most likely, the so-called “Paleolithic venuses” – sculptures of women that are found in Paleolithic sites-had religious significance.(https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0). Often they try to explain them as manifestations of the cult of fertility and perhaps the oldest cults of the feminine principle. Perhaps that's why the worst religions had something to do with the worship of women and their ability to procreate.
Belief in the forces of nature, animism – the belief that every thing has a soul, totemism.�
Suppose a group of ancient people went hunting. Twice it was unsuccessful, and they returned with nothing. But the third time, one of them picked up a wand on the way, just out of interest. And then they got lucky. The ancient man easily connects these two events, the wand becomes a totet. They worship her, bring gifts. If the wand does not work as a person is already used to, it is punished, for example, burned – deposed from the divine throne. That's the whole religion, so simple and unpretentious. But from these beginnings, paganism, with its multiple pantheon of gods, and so on, began to appear.
The very first religion is paganism, represented by various polytheistic cults. Paganism appears along with man and invariably accompanies him for a long time, as evidenced by numerous rock carvings found in many different parts of the world. Almost all of these drawings are religious and associated with the practice of worship. Paganism is a vague memory of Eden and an attempt to restore communion with God.