When did the first known worshiping of gods begin?

Answer 1

ANSWER

With Adam, the first man.

ANSWERI imagine the elements were first worshiped and prayed to. So far back in time we would probably call ourselves cavemen. Boom! lightning! pray for no more of that!

Answer 2

The GOD of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus........... that would be the ancient Jewish religions because from the beginning the first five books of The Bible make up the Torah- the basis of Jewish faith and the original and only GOD is him. I have checked it out-the only way for a personal relationship with GOD IS THROUGH Jesus Christ and much labor into scripture study and the time line is looking pretty short to come to the lamb.

Answer 3

One thing that researchers agree upon is that mankind has always believed in a Higher Power. Archaeology has shown that no ancient society ever existed that did not believe in the supernatural. (See:http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-philosophy/can-you-prove-that-god-exists)
Based upon a massive worldwide study of the most ancient inscriptions and the earliest levels of civilization, Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt (in his twelve-volume Der Ursprung Der Gottesidee) concluded that the original belief was monotheistic (see footnote 1, below). It was a simple belief in the Creator (Dyeus Pater; Sky-Father) with no imagery of any kind. It gave way relatively quickly to polytheism and idolatry, but its traces could still be seen by the careful researcher, just as (for example) Proto-Indo European has left indelible marks within the later languages. Other traditions also are traceable worldwide, such as the religious significance of the number seven, and the immortality of the soul.

The process by which the awareness of One God gave way to a belief in many gods, has been described by Scandinavian researchers (see note 2) as splitting ("Gottespaltung"): the people gradually viewed God's attributes of truth, righteousness, fertility etc., as separate from Him, and afterwards personified and worshiped the attributes themselves, until God was largely forgotten.

Maimonides (see note 3) describes a comparable process (which probably happened alongside the aforementioned one), as follows: A couple of centuries after the Creation, mankind made a great mistake. They said that since God had created the stars and spheres and placed them on high, accordingly it is fitting for people to praise and glorify them and to treat them with honor. They perceived this to be the will of God, that people should magnify and honor the stars. They began to praise and glorify them with words, and prostrate themselves before them, because by doing so, they would (according to their false conception) be indirectly honoring God too.

Footnotes:

1) Albright, "From the Stone Age," p.170; and J.A. Wilson, "The Culture of ancient Egypt," p.129. Also Baron, "A Social and Religious History," vol. I, p.44 and 311. Also James Meek, "Hebrew Origins," p.188, quoting Langdon, Lagrange and John Ross. Also Martin Nilsson, Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaften, 2nd ed., p.61, 141, 220 and 394.

2) G. W. Anderson, in "The Old Testament and Modern Study," p.287. Also Friedrich Baethgen, in Beitraege zur Semitischen Religionsgeschichte, p.288. Also Pallotino, "The Etruscans," p. 158 and 167.

3) Maimonides, quoted in: How_did_polytheism_develop

Answer 4

Many anthropologists believe that early man would have looked on the sun as "god."

Answer 5

According to the Bible, Adam and God talked to one another as friends.

Answer 6

The gods worship their ancestors and life.

Answer 7

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