Mhmm.. So far there is three, and Buddhism I'm now not entirly sure whether it fits the catagory. This is interesting..

Is there any other religions besides buddhism, judaism & hinduism that people know of that are not sects?

Thanks to all the people helping so far aswell..

Actually Buddhism doesn't belong in your list...it is like a child of Hinduism

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia...5/Hinduism.html
^^7th paragraph

"Three other religions that originated in India branched off from Hinduism: Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism (see Sikhs"

As for Judaism

http://www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/031126.php

"Zoroastrianism was once a major religion which influenced Judaism and Christianity"

Yeah, Buddhism's out.
That page on hinduism was really useful, I've read a lot about it now and its really broardened my perspective and views. Thanks for the link man. A lot of things are starting to peice together now.

As for the Zoroastrianism, I'm going to have to read up on that. It seems as though it Judaism isnt a sect, but was just influenced by it. This could simply mean religious traditions and values, so I'm not sure if its relevant to me at the moment. But I'll find out.

Mhmm, so at the moment, the list is Judaism & Hinduism.. Is there any more people can think of? I'm also going to have to read up on Islam aswell, because that could possibly be part of this list..

alot of religions if you think about it stem from alot og pagon beliefs that have been changed to fit the standards of the society that they are used in. organized religion as a whole can be good ...but at the same time...you also need to look at how the development of the society goes. i mean there are prolly hundreds even thousands of religions we don't know about. that just died out because the "monster" religions decided to snuff em out...you also have to count in the fact that there was no written history... and so everything was by word of mouth so if it died out it was because of a war or something. but religion was also sort of the history of a culture . hinduism is a organized religion but it had to stem from something (this was all we talked about for a semester in my religion class)

Hinduism stems from the search to find enlightenment. Thats why its changed so much, because they are open to change and advancements of their ideas. Youll find that most religions base their origions on some kind of prophetic revelation. One of my theorys or hypotheticals is attempting to peice together a larger translation based on what a central god figure (whether it be god, allah, brahman, etc) has given to different cultures in different ways to suit their way of life and ideals for faith. I also believe that the majority of these snuffed out religions you believe existed would most likly have been man made or forms of control which would have been more prevelant back in those times.

This theory of translation has little to do with my reason for asking the innitial question in my first post though.

I read ever single post... And learned more in about 20 minutes than I would learn in a half semester of school... LoL, yall doin good work... damn, lol

Thats school for you though man. They teach you to be a mindless workhorse for the system and nothing more. Real knowledge comes to those who look for it themselves.

wiccan ?

*shrug*

Nah man Wiccans are just gay......

lol, I tried :(

^^yea, me too
i did take a class on religion, and i didnt even learn 1/10th of this thread :thumbup:

Does anybody know what the ancient Egyptian religions were called?

I'd like to study them next.

All I can think of is those ones in your list...

Buddhism is a sect of hinduism, but really shouldnt be considered that way... its VERY different. Have you looked into it yet?

I can't be bothered saying anything about egyptian religion. But heres a link that outlines the basics vaguely.

http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.3.html