What do the similarities of the ancient religions lead you to think?

Hindu Buddhist: What do the similarities of the ancient religions lead you to think?
By that I mean like Hindu, Babylonian, Egyptian, Celtic, Norse, etc. These religions are all very similar at their cores and each has a pantheon of deities. Why do you think these religions would be so similar?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Я тебе кoхаю!
They are nature/earth based religions.

Answer by Rico JPA
It leads me to think the collective consciousness of human beings generally runs along similar patterns because we are all far more alike than different, our cultures descending from common origins less than half a million years ago. I agree that all theistic religions are mythology. I disagree with the position that this means they are worthless or somehow false.

Myth has broader shoulders than mere fact, to carry a larger burden of the truth.

Study why our myths define who we are as a culture. Study why they are shaped the way they are, and why, despite differences from era to era and place to place, key archetypes always manifest themselves (like a redeemer figure).

All the sacred literature of Mankind may prove that no one culture has a monopoly on truth, that no one has yet succeeded in accurately describing what we feel is divine, but the similarities also hint that humanity may, indeed, be intuiting something that is beyond our current ability to explain in naturalistic terms.

I recommend watching (or reading the companion book) Joseph Campbell’s PBS, “The Power of Myth”.

Answer by CF
Because their beliefs have a common origin: The Ancient Babylonian Empire.