What is the oldest religion?

[outhouse]

Was Noah a Jew?

He has no historicity as ever existing. he is known as a man in the flood mythology.

That is why we see so many similar overlapping religious-myth ideas and practices all over the earth today. Even astrology gives its base as being in ancient Babylon

No.

Israelites were in exile there, and adopted much of their mythology, including the flood mythology

 

[URAVIP2ME]

The Israelites were never at the Tower of Babel - Genesis chapter 10

It was Not until Ezekiel's time that they were in captivity to Babylon for 70 years.

 

[outhouse]

The Israelites were never at the Tower of Babel -

Yes we know that to ALSO be mythological.

It was Not until Ezekiel's time that they were in captivity to Babylon for 70 years.

Ezekiel if he existed, would have never seen the returning peoples. 60 ish years is also closer then 70

 

[jeager106]

Could be 223,000–100,000 BCE according to archaeological records of grave sites.
( it's generally thought that burial is evidence of some sort of religious respect for the dead)
Depends upon what you mean by "religion".
If organized with an infrastructure and class system it is much younger.

 

[outhouse]

Could be 223,000–100,000 BCE according to archaeological records of grave sites.
( it's generally thought that burial is evidence of some sort of religious respect for the dead)
Depends upon what you mean by "religion".
If organized with an infrastructure and class system if could be much younger.

It is evidence of some sort. We also have pigmented bones and plants or flowers being buried if I'm not mistaken.

As I already noted in this thread, we do have the venus figurines going back 30,000ish years that predates the rainbow serpent of he Aborigines.

 

[jeager106]

It's been said that when ancient man reached up in the night sky to grab a star
and could not then a great "god" was created to explain that.

 

[allfoak]

It is evidence of some sort. We also have pigmented bones and plants or flowers being buried if I'm not mistaken.

As I already noted in this thread, we do have the venus figurines going back 30,000ish years that predates the rainbow serpent of he Aborigines.

No evidence that any of those things had anything to do with religion.
All speculation.

 

[outhouse]

No evidence that any of those things had anything to do with religion.
All speculation.

What is not speculation is when someone copies mythology, and gets busted for it hundreds of years later.