What civilization was the first to believe in one God?

Answer 1

Islam means to witness that there's no god but "Allah"

Islam is different from other religions,Islam says that Allah is not a trinity,The Islamic view of Allah is called Monotheism.

Islam is not a new religion,Islam consider all the messengers and prophet are Muslims because They said that there's no god but "Allah",so it's a religion of all ages and all periods...

Muslims are believe in all prophets and all Holy books,but the current books have been modified by human beings,so Muslims believe in Holy Quran which is considered as a confirmation for all previous Holy books.

Answer 2

The first monotheistic religion (a religion with only one god) was Zoroastrianism, which is now a dead religion. Many claim Judaism to be the first, because it is still a practiced religion, although that isn't true. Judaism was, however, one of the first, leading to the common misconception.

Answer 3

You could basically say Mesopotamia but that was not its main religion. Because the man who said he was led by god, Abraham, left Mesopotamia and then went to where Israel is now today and built a city. He then started Judaism, which was the first religion (in what I think) that only believes in one god. He started the civilization of Israel, in which I thought was the first.

Answer 4

It is believed that the Zoroastrian religion originated among the Aryan people of southern Russia, around 1700-2000 BCE. In spite of Judaic tradition, this is long before monotheistic Judaism evolved. It is possible that earlier peoples believed either in one god or, more probably, one goddess - mother Earth.

The oldest monotheistic religion is Judaism. However, the original Israelites were polytheistic in a sense, since they did not deny the existence of other gods in addition to their own.

Answer 5

It is believed that the Zoroastrian religion originated among the Aryan people of southern Russia, around 1700-2000 BCE. In spite of Judaic tradition, this is long before monotheistic Judaism evolved. It is possible that earlier peoples believed either in one god or, more probably, one goddess - mother Earth.

Answer 6

According to tradition, the Jewish patriarch Abraham preached the belief in One God while everyone else was still worshiping idols (Midrash Bereshit Rabbah 42:8). According to our traditions, the Zoroastrians had two gods, not One God (Talmud, Sanhedrin 39a). For further information:

http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/a-biography-of-abraham

http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/judaism-and-monotheism

Answer 7

To identify the first religion is a daunting task. Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and Judaism all sprang up around the same time. Judaism had a single god (and a devil), so did Zoroastrianism. Hindus see a originator god (Vishnu) with subsequent avatars and more directed to different concerns gods.

Answer 8

1) According to careful research, the original tradition, which was widespread, was monotheistic. However, it died out completely in a relatively brief span of time. This belief does not refer to a specific people, country, or named religion, since it was not centralized or organized.
2a) The first continuous monotheistic tradition and religion as we know it, was and is Judaism, the tradition founded by Abraham. It began 3800 years ago, and its founding principle is that God is One. This was well before the Egyptian king Akhenaten, who in any case (according to tradition) was influenced by Israelite beliefs.

2b) Some might claim that monotheistic Judaism started later, as (for example) King Josiah made reforms in the late First Temple period. However, this is the view of secular academe, and flies in the face of tradition. Judaism had already been monotheistic for eight centuries by the time of Josiah. All he did was to eradicate the traces of the idolatrous influences of those Jews who had strayed from their own religion. This had happened repeatedly (such as with Jehoshaphat [2 Chronicles 17:6], and Samuel before him [1 Samuel 7:3-4]); and those who strayed into pagan practices never encompassed the entire people.

3) Zoroastrianism, which might be suggested as another early contender, is not such a clear matter. There is no consensus on when Zoroaster lived. Moreover, the Zoroastrians believed in two gods, not one. The Jewish Sages who redacted the Talmud in the early centuries of the Common Era lived in Babylonia, witnessed the practices of the Zoroastrians, and recorded this fact (Talmud, Sanhedrin 39a). In addition, in Zoroastrianism:

• there is worship through intermediaries, who are themselves "worthy of worship"
• evil and good each has its own creator
• some of its adherents believe in a self-creating universe
• some modern scholars see it as a form of pantheism.

Answer 9

Islamic civilization!

Answer:

The Israelites believed in One God centuries before the Muslims.

Answer 10

In ancient times, mainly just the Hebrews. ancient Egypt briefly had a monotheistic God called Aten, but they soon returned to polytheism.