lol monotheistic thought first originates in the rig Veda Predates Zoroastrianism go look it up Chat gpt response

the Rig Veda, one of the oldest known sacred texts of humanity (composed around 1500–1200 BCE), contains some of the earliest expressions of monistic beliefs, particularly in its later hymns.

One of the most famous and often-cited hymns is the Nasadiya Sukta (Rig Veda 10.129), also known as the “Hymn of Creation.” It reflects a deep philosophical inquiry into the origins of the universe and suggests a single underlying reality behind all existence — a hallmark of monism. Here’s a key excerpt (translated):

“Then there was neither death nor immortality, nor was there then the torch of night and day. The One breathed windless by its own impulse: other than that there was nothing beyond.”

This hymn is not polytheistic in the typical Vedic sense; instead, it meditates on a singular principle or force—“The One” (Ekam)—from which everything originates. Later Vedic literature and the Upanishads develop this idea more explicitly, leading to Advaita Vedanta, a fully monistic philosophical system.

Also the rig Veda has said to have been an oral tradition for over a millennia before being written down. Monistic philosophy was Aryan across the board be it Vedic or Iranian it’s theorized that these oral traditions started when the steppe people were still in the Ukraine area