Which religion is the oldest. Christianity or Buddhism?

Answer 1

The Teaching of Lord Buddha is not a religion or an 'Ism', it is a way of life - an education to show us the way to end our suffering in the realm of Samsara. His Teaching does not want to relate to the 'first cause' - the chicken or the egg debate. It is more of mind training to understand the true nature of existence than to logically define worldly things.

Hinduism, Judaism and Zoroastrianism are all older than Buddhism, which began in 563 BCE.

Answer 2

Buddhism by 500 years.

However, if you consider that Buddhism and Christianity draw fundamentals from two different sources, Christianity from traditions common to Judaism and Buddhism from Hinduism. The base religions were founded in 3000 BCE for Hinduism and 1500 BCE for Judaism (both estimates)

Therefore in some ways Buddhist roots go back 1500 years further than Christianity's roots or 3000 years earlier if Christianity is considered a stand alone faith founded in 1 CE.

Answer 3

Christ pre-existed the world's creation, so He came first (See John 1:1).

Also, right after Adam and Even sinned, God told the serpent [Satan] in Genesis 3;15 that He [God] would put enmity between him [Satan] and the woman [Eve, mother of all humanity], and between thy seed and her seed [Christ]; he [Christ] shall bruise thy head [Satan's authority], and thou shalt bruise his heel [Christ's physical body at crucifixion]. This is clearly a Messianic prophecy.

Paganism wasn't created by man until after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eve.

Answer 4

Judaism was practised centuries before Buddhism.

Answer 5

no, Hindu religion is almost as old as human-race means millions of year old.

Answer 6

Buddhism is older followed by christianity.

Answer 7

Hinduism