Which religion is did not originate in India?

Answer 1

If you wish to define religion as: a belief in, and worship of, supernatural entities, then almost every culture in the world has religious beliefs of some description.

Here are some examples sourced from Wikipedia:

Celtic polytheism, commonly known as Celtic paganism,[1][2][3] refers to the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age peoples of Western Europe now known as the Celts,

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition[1] of South Asia. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma (a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law") by its adherents

East Asian religions (also known as Far Eastern religions, Chinese religions, or Taoic religions) form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes Caodaism, Chen Tao, Chondogyo, Confucianism, Jeungism, Shinto, Taoism, I-Kuan Tao and elements of Mahayana Buddhism.

There are many many more, the Incas, Aztecs, Native Americans, Mayans, Polynesians, Africans all held there own religious beliefs. Of course most religions denounce other people's beliefs as mumbo jumbo even though worshipping the 'Crocodile God of the Limpopo' is no more ridiculous (or his existence less probable) than the Christian or Muslim ideas of God.

Answer 2

It really depends what you include in the definition of a "religion"... Lots of indigenous people, all over the world, had their own respective religions, which certainly did not begin in the Middle East. Another example is the religion of the Ancient Greeks (believers in Zeus, Hera, Hermes, etc.); this religion is still practiced today.

Answer 3

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The best-known Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) were founded in the Middle East, as were other minor religions such as Bahai and the Mandaean faith. Numerous pagan religions were also founded in the Middle East, known to scholars as the 'Near East' prior to the advent of Islam. The Middle East influenced some of the Greek pagan beliefs and the later Roman beliefs, especially Mithraism.

Numerous religions were not founded in the Middle East, including: all the religions of the Americas; the Roman, Etruscan, Greek, Germanic pagan religions; Druidism; Hinduism; Buddhism; Jainism; Daoism; Shintoism; nearly all animistic beliefs. Even Zoroastrianism, which the Jews encountered in Babylon, was not founded in the Middle East, but in southern Russia.

Answer

Buddhism - India

Shintoism - Japan

Shinto does not have a founder nor does it have sacred scriptures like the sutras or The Bible. Propaganda and preaching are not common either, because Shinto is deeply rooted in the Japanese people and traditions.

"Shinto gods" are called kami. They are sacred spirits which take the form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, rivers and fertility. Humans become kami after they die and are revered by their families as ancestral kami. The kami of extraordinary people are even enshrined at some shrines. The Sun Goddess Amaterasu is considered Shinto's most important kami.

Hinduism - India

Jainism - India

Sikhism - India

Animism

Mormonism - United States

Answer 4

Islam did not originate in India.

Christianity did not.

Judaism did not.

Baha'i did not.

Zoroastrianism did not.

Answer 5

Daoism.