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The oldest is Judaism (2000 BCE)

Then came Christianity (33 CE)

Then came Islam (610 CE)

Christianity believes that Judaism is incomplete. Islam believes that Judaism and Christianity are incomplete. (Judaism has no religious doctrines regarding other religions, and follows belief that can be described as "to each his own").

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Islam is the oldest religion. Islam started by start of universe creation. All God prophets since Adam called for Islam; including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (Peace be upon them). Refer to question below for more information.

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Technically they can both trace their lineage back to Abraham, but Muhammad is the father of Islam that was formed in the 600's CE. Because Abraham is the father of Judaism about 4000 years ago, Judaism is older.

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Answer 1 :Historical Answer

If we look at it historically, Judaism would be the earliest, considering Moses and his revelation occurred long before Jesus Christ (approximately 1200 years). Christianity would follow suit, during the advent of Jesus Christ. Islam is last, since prophet Muhammad appeared later after the Crucifixion (approximately 600 years). Furthermore, the other religions can be tracked back to Judaism through Abraham.

Judaism is the oldest, at about three thousand years old. Christianity, at about two thousand years old and Islam, at about one thousand four hundred years old.

It is worth noting that archaeologists typically see Judaism as a younger religion than the date given by the Moses revelation. Some date it to around 800 B.C.E. when Josiah proclaimed Jewish Monotheism and other date it to Priestly Biblical source in 550 B.C.E. Regardless, Judaism would still be over 500 years older than Christianity and 1100 years older than Islam.

Answer 2: Muslim Theological Answer

Of course, Islam believes that its religion did not start with Muhammad himself. In fact, Muhammad was the Seal of the religion. His arrival meant the final revelation for humanity and that Islam actually started during the time of Adam (The First Man) itself. Thus, Islam would be considered the oldest.

In addition to the information above, it is worthy to mention that Islam means full submission to God and full surrender to God. In this sense, Islam is the objective of all God revelations to all Prophets from the start of humanity including Noah, Abraham (Ibrahim), Ismael, Isac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, ..., Jesus and Mohamed (peace upon them all).

However, Revelation by God to prophet Moses is called Judaism, revelation to prophet Jesus is called Christianity, and revelation to prophet Mohamed is the called the very name Islam.

Answer 3 : Jewish view

Judaism is the oldest of these three faiths. Abraham was an idol worshiper, who renounced idolatry and accepted when G-d called him to serve the One True G-d exclusively. Abraham was the 'Father of faith' so to speak and he is the first patriarch of Judaism.

Moses, King David, King Solomon etc, are all great men who came later in Jewish history.

In Judaism, we have a belief in the coming of a Messiah.

It is from this belief that Christianity arose 2,000 years after the founding of Judaism. Jesus, raised Jewish, began to rally thousands around him. His followers believed He was the promised Jewish Messiah.

Christianity gradually split from Judaism, as Christianity was becoming a completely different religion, often highly influenced from Greek and pagan sources.

About 1,400 years ago, Islam was founded by a man named Mohammed whom some believed to be a prophet. He gathered crowds around him and started Islam. Islam has some of the same 'Bible stories' as Jews and Christians though Islam has some different details. For example, the story of Abraham offering his son as an offering to G-d (whom G-d spared by providing a ram). Jews and Christians know the event to be Abraham offering his wife Sarah's son, Isaac. Muslims believe Abraham offered up Ishmael, the son he had from extramarital relations with the Egyptian handmaiden Hagar.

In short: the order of the religions is, Judaism, Christianity, Islam.

Judaism is the oldest.

Answer 4Islam is an old Arabic name that means submission to Allah (or God in English and same God in Judaism and Christianity). The root of the world Islam is "Selm" that means peace. Islam in its universal sense is God religion since start of universe creation and even before. All God creations are created on submission to God (Islam) even if we don't recognize how they submit to God. All God prophet missions are to call to submission to God with no partner, no companion, no associate, and no equivalence. All God prophets since Adam; including Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ismael, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, ..., Jesus, and Muhammad (peace be upon them all) called their people to Islam in its universal meaning of submission to God with no partner. However, Islam per God Torah revelation to Moses is called Judaism, Islam per God Bible revelation to Jesus is called Christianity, and Islam per God Quran revelation to Muhammad is called the very name Islam as Quran is the last God holy book.

Accordingly, Islam is the oldest God religion that dates back to before universe creation and the three religions of Judaism (per Moses), Christianity (per Jesus), and Islam (per Muhammad) stem from Islam in its universal sense.

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Of the three choices, Islam is the youngest, having been born from its predecessors in the 6th century ce. Christianism was - again born from its predecessors - about six centuries before that, give or take a few decades depending on who is talking. Hinduism, a religion defined as that culture of faith that originates in India, is as old as India itself. Again, depending on whom you talk to, that could be between four and twelve-millennium ago. Hinduism gave rise to Jainism and Buddhism about the 6th Century bce. There might be a dispute over who influences whom with regards to ZarathUshtraism, since his rebellion grows from a kindred culture of faith.

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Judaism.

Christianity was started by a Jew, therefore it is impossible that Christianity preceded Judaism, and regarding Islam, there are texts from circa 10th century Rabbis discussing the uprising of Mohammed, therefore proving again that Judaism came first.

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Judaism.

Judaism was founded many centuries before the Common Era.

Christianity was founded later (two thousand years ago).

Islam was founded most recently, 1400 years ago.

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Christianity is older. It was founded by Jesus Christ's followers around 14 CE (14 AD), whereas Islam was founded by Muhammad around the year 600 CE (600 AD).

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All Religions Are Mighty Hectic Properly :D Cause there is the Afterlife :D

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