Guess Which Current Religious Ritual is the Most Ancient

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Anonymous wrote:I am not OP, I guessed and missed.

I looked it up and nobody has said it yet.

I can't find the answer on Google. I just keep getting the oldest religion...

[Anonymous]

cremation

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Human/animal sacrifice?

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I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer. I think it depends on the question. Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc. But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.

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Communion ?

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holiday ritual? has to be summer or winter solstice.

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Circumcision, stoning or shunning would be my top three guesses.

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OP here. I got busy with work and forgot about my thread. sorry!!!!!!

The answer is: the Passover Seder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not OP, I guessed and missed.

I looked it up and nobody has said it yet.

I can't find the answer on Google. I just keep getting the oldest religion...

google this..

oldest religious ritual in the world

it's the 3rd one down

news.nationalgeographic.com

The link has the answer in it so I am putting the link in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer. I think it depends on the question. Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc. But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.

OP here, and you were zeroing in. As you see from above, it is the Passover Seder, about 3,000 years old. Generation to generation for thousands of years. To me, that's impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer. I think it depends on the question. Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc. But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.

OP here, and you were zeroing in. As you see from above, it is the Passover Seder, about 3,000 years old. Generation to generation for thousands of years. To me, that's impressive.

Yes, google led me to believe it was the passover seder. It is impressive, though to be honest it's also surprising to me that it's that young. We really are young species on this planet, and we have changed a lot.

I found one site that reported the oldest known observance/worship was 70,000 years ago, the worship of a python by African bushmen (the previously oldest was 40K years ago, and I've already forgotten). There is a wide span of 67,000 years where various religions were practiced and discarded as civilizations rose and fell. Both speak to me - the 3,000 year generation to generation practice/observance, and the countless observances/rituals/religions that existed and are now gone over 67,000 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not OP, I guessed and missed.

I looked it up and nobody has said it yet.

I can't find the answer on Google. I just keep getting the oldest religion...

google this..

oldest religious ritual in the world

it's the 3rd one down

news.nationalgeographic.com

The link has the answer in it so I am putting the link in.

When I google "oldest religious ritual in the world" the third one down is about some python ritual in Botswana. Actually most of the top hits are about this. Nothing about Seder. Interesting...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer. I think it depends on the question. Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc. But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.

OP here, and you were zeroing in. As you see from above, it is the Passover Seder, about 3,000 years old. Generation to generation for thousands of years. To me, that's impressive.

Yes, google led me to believe it was the passover seder. It is impressive, though to be honest it's also surprising to me that it's that young. We really are young species on this planet, and we have changed a lot.

I found one site that reported the oldest known observance/worship was 70,000 years ago, the worship of a python by African bushmen (the previously oldest was 40K years ago, and I've already forgotten). There is a wide span of 67,000 years where various religions were practiced and discarded as civilizations rose and fell. Both speak to me - the 3,000 year generation to generation practice/observance, and the countless observances/rituals/religions that existed and are now gone over 67,000 years.

OP here, and yes....both are impressive. In my own search, I came across the worship of the python by Africans (but of course that is now defunct).

I was also thinking that if a generation is 25 years old, that means the Seder has been passed down, without a break, for 120 generations. Jews today can claim that their great x119 grandmother observed it!

Thanks for playing everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer. I think it depends on the question. Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc. But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.

OP here, and you were zeroing in. As you see from above, it is the Passover Seder, about 3,000 years old. Generation to generation for thousands of years. To me, that's impressive.

Yes, google led me to believe it was the passover seder. It is impressive, though to be honest it's also surprising to me that it's that young. We really are young species on this planet, and we have changed a lot.

I found one site that reported the oldest known observance/worship was 70,000 years ago, the worship of a python by African bushmen (the previously oldest was 40K years ago, and I've already forgotten). There is a wide span of 67,000 years where various religions were practiced and discarded as civilizations rose and fell. Both speak to me - the 3,000 year generation to generation practice/observance, and the countless observances/rituals/religions that existed and are now gone over 67,000 years.

OP again. Your mention of how young a species we are reminds me of something I learned in elemetary school. If the earth were 24 hours old, beginning at midnight, life didn't start until 11:50 p.m., and humans at 11:59 p.m. Or something like that. Another thing to google!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer. I think it depends on the question. Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc. But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.

OP here, and you were zeroing in. As you see from above, it is the Passover Seder, about 3,000 years old. Generation to generation for thousands of years. To me, that's impressive.

Yes, google led me to believe it was the passover seder. It is impressive, though to be honest it's also surprising to me that it's that young. We really are young species on this planet, and we have changed a lot.

I found one site that reported the oldest known observance/worship was 70,000 years ago, the worship of a python by African bushmen (the previously oldest was 40K years ago, and I've already forgotten). There is a wide span of 67,000 years where various religions were practiced and discarded as civilizations rose and fell. Both speak to me - the 3,000 year generation to generation practice/observance, and the countless observances/rituals/religions that existed and are now gone over 67,000 years.

OP again. Your mention of how young a species we are reminds me of something I learned in elemetary school. If the earth were 24 hours old, beginning at midnight, life didn't start until 11:50 p.m., and humans at 11:59 p.m. Or something like that. Another thing to google!

OK, I'm back. The clock is interesting. Humans didn't enter the scene until 11:58 and 47 seconds! (This could be a separate thread, actually.)

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/the-history-of-earth-as-a-24-hour-clock/