Which religion is the oldest? Faiths without a halo!

Want to know which religion is the oldest? OK – but I warn you: this won't be a textbook overview.

Hard, clear and without church illusions. Reality is not a straight line, but layers. And some of them were later deliberately rewritten, flattened or even banned. Especially those where women played a key role

• Time: ca. 100,000 BC and earlier
• Key characters: spirits of nature, ancestors, animals – no dogma, no god, no book
• Form: rituals, trance, herbs, connection with nature

👉 This is the spiritual language of humanity in its raw form. There are no rules, just relationship. The churches later called it „primitive.“ Because the more you pray to nature, the less you obey authority. And that doesn’t fit.

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• Time: circa 10,000–3,000 BC.
• Key characters: Sun, Moon, Mother Earth, cycles, wheel of the year, feminine divinity
• Areas: Europe (Celts, Slavs, Vikings)

👉 Here the feminine principle has its thrones. Goddess of fertility, rituals with blood and semen, connection with life and death. Too alive for Christianity to let it go – that's why it later turned it into witchcraft.

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• Time: circa 3,000–500 BC.
• Key characters: many gods, myths, temples, faith connected to the state
• Areas: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome

👉 This is where the trade in faith begins. The gods have human qualities, they are strong, vengeful, passionate – and at the same time serve as a cover for power structures. Faith is no longer personal. It is part of the empire.

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• Time: circa 1500–1200 BC (and continues to this day)
• Key characters: karma, reincarnation, dharma, without a founder
• Resources: Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita
• the oldest uninterrupted religion to this day

👉 Hinduism is not a "belief in God". It is an ecosystem of ideas, stories, philosophies. And most importantly: it has never broken contact with the original layers. That is why it is so resilient - and at the same time so misunderstood by the West.

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• Time: circa 600–500 BC.
• Key characters: harmony, balance, naturalness, minimal dogmas
• Region: ancient China

👉 While the West dealt with guilt and sin, the East sought balance. Tao does not lead you to obedience, but to sensitivity. Confucius, on the other hand, taught respect, order, and harmony. They do not impose anything on anyone – perhaps that is why they failed to conquer the world.

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• Time: about 500 BC.
• Key characters: no creator, no god – just mind, suffering, consciousness
• Founder: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

👉 Buddhism is more psychology than religion. It teaches you how the mind works, not who to listen to. It is a guide to liberation - not a set of rules. And that is why it has been and is a thorn in the side of all those who want to control faith.

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• Time: circa 1,200–1,000 BC.
• Key characters: one God, chosen people, law, rules
• Lyrics: Torah, Talmud
• foundation for Christianity and Islam

👉 The first hard monotheism. Unfortunately, also the first big one erasure of the feminine principle. God is no longer a „she,“ „they,“ or „it“—it is He. And it requires following rules. Feeling is not enough. You must obey.

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• Time: 1st century AD.
• Key characters: Jesus as savior, guilt, sin, church hierarchy
• Lyrics: New Testament, Gospels
• strong political structure
• a severe attack on the female role

👉 They took pagan holidays, painted them white, and said: "this is the truth now". Christianity deified guilt, demolished freedom, and sent women to the corner. Son of God? OK. But the Mother only in silence.

👉 Christianity was the first to make faith an instrument of fear: follow the rules or burn in hell.

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• Time: from 610 AD.
• Key characters: Muhammad as a prophet, Quran, rules, direction to Mecca
• Lyrics: Quran, Hadiths

👉 The last of the great monotheisms. It follows the Judeo-Christian line, but tightens it. Everything is given: food, prayer, clothing, the roles of men and women. Islam is not a "younger brother", but rather a tougher parent.

I probably wouldn't choose just one. Because truth – at least for me – doesn't lie in one book or one belief. It lies in layers.

Somewhere between the universe and herbs. Between reincarnation and the cycle of the Moon. Between inner order and the rhythm of the forest.

Head It has a direction like Hinduism – I know the world has logic, even if I don't exactly understand it. Body it has roots like shamanism – it will know the truth before I can tell it. The woman in me it has a rhythm like paganism – and it knows it is not „outside“, just simply in a different cycle than the one dictated by the calendar.

And what strikes me the most is the church's way of thinking.

Any church – since the 1st century – would probably burn me for freethinking. Why? Because I hate being told what to think. What to do. And what not to feel.

👉 For me, the church (of any kind) is despotic. Basically a dictatorship. „Do as we tell you – and don’t ask questions.“ And most importantly: „Be good, obedient – or you’ll end up in hell.“

Well... Thanks, I don't want to. 🙃

I'm not saying that people shouldn't believe. Everyone has their own beliefs, and none of them is the only right one. Let everyone believe what they want - BUT – and here's the big BUT – most importantly, he shouldn't limit, force, or judge anyone.

I sometimes say „oh my God!“ too – but more like a phrase, you know? 😊

But it is precisely in matters of faith that it is important to think: who wants what from us? And most importantly – why? Who benefits from us behaving in a certain way? I am a rebel, so no one will force me to follow strict rules. I fast according to the phases of the moon, I believe that there is SOMETHING – something between heaven and earth. I celebrate pagan holidays, I believe in superstitions, I read cards and horoscopes.

These things give me a possible direction, a different perspective, a glimpse. But where I go and what I really do is up to me. Faith is meant to be a compass, not a shackle. Inspiration, not a command.

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