First worshiped God, originator of religion

The **First worshiped God, originator of religion**, known more simply as the **First God**, was the god first actively worshiped by a group of humans.

## Overview

Many gods attempt to insist that this title in theirs without having any actual claim on it, those who are most likely don't seem to have any want to claim it. Many say that God is the owner of this title, but that is unlikely as He only started to gain major worship around 1550 BCE. Remember, this is the god first worshiped by humanity who incidentally originated religion, not the oldest deity in existence.

## Description

It is truly difficult to say who was the first God worshiped by humanity, since the archetype of God is present in the collective unconscious of humanity since the very beginning of humanity. There isn't any defining characteristics that could specify which god was worshiped first. They could've been a creator god, an earth deity, any gender identity, or even a minor spirit. Any known ancient entity could have been the first worshiped, the challenge is to narrow it down to the most likely.

Whoever they are, it is definitively known that they know what The Truth™ is.

## Candidates

* **Venus** - A mother goddess who was potentially worshiped around 500,000 BCE and who originated the concept of art. Despite this, it's been debated on whether this worship started in 500,000 BCE or a much later 35,000 BCE.
* **Löwenmensch** - A deity potentially worshiped around 40,000 BCE, however the entity is too much of a mystery to be definitively pinned down.
* **The Sorcerer** - An entity depicted in cave art around 13,000 BCE, most likely not a deity and unlikely to have been worshiped.
* **Çatal Höyük** - A mother goddess similar to Venus, however much more recent. Debated on whether she was actually worshiped or was just an artistic depiction.
* **God** - While God is mostly understood as the God of Abrahamic religions, this is a very simple understanding. He is a God of philosophy, of understanding, of forgiveness, of humanity as a whole. Unfortunately, there is little evidence that He was worshiped before 1550 BCE. Although there was a time when God directly interacted with Lucy, a primate who existed before humans, their relationship was more familial than religious.
* **Dyēus** - The Proto-Indo-European deity of the sky who influenced the image of other sky gods who would eventually be worshiped, such as Zeus and Thor. In spite of him being the oldest worshiped god with a known name, the very fact he had a pantheon rather than him being the sole god of his religion throws his claim into question.
* **Fidem Turbāre** - If she is so, it is by incidence rather than intention. As the goddess worshiped through Atheism, she would have been "worshiped" by every biological creature from single celled organisms to primates as they were too unintelligent to understand what a "god" was, so they didn't believe a god existed by default.
* **S** - His first proxy was a Neanderthal who worshiped the S as a god. The first worshiped entity, maybe, however the S isn't a god nor did this one man cult originate religion.
* **Someone else** - This god could be its own entity in its own right, separate from every other deity discussed. This is the most intriguing option, as it means there's something out there that can be understood and be used to help us understand the ancient cultures who never had a written language. However, there is still the more nihilistic option.
* **No one** - This god never existed, the most nihilistic option. The concept of religion specifically came from humans without any divine intervention used for mere control of other humans. This concept would then be used by gods for their own pleasure and gain. If this option is the true option, it would completely change how we understand gods as a whole.