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The Catholic church has only been around for about 2,000 years. For comparison on these time scales, note that none of what we now view as "primitive" religion
by frisco 16y ago
The Catholic church has only been around for about 2,000 years. For comparison on these time scales, note that none of what we now view as "primitive" religions from the ancient world persist today. On top of that, I believe that even though the world is highly religious today, it is one movement I'd imagine to be in significant danger going into the far future.
- wazoox 16y ago> The Catholic church has only been around for about 2,000 years. Do you know of any older institution ? I don't think there is.
- skorgu 16y agoDepending on how you blur the definition of 'institution' either the Imperial House of Japan[1] or the Jewish Kehuna[2] might qualify. Some more candidates here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2008_November_18#Second_oldest_organization_in_the_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archiv... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen
- petervandijck 16y agoThe Catholic church is one of the, if not the oldest institution. Also, the world has always been religious, and it's not significantly becoming less so just yet. So there's no indication of that going away.