Notwithstanding the problems associated with defining religion , the Pyramid texts (2300 BC) are evidence of what few would dispute as a religion . The same applies to Sumerian religion .
There is no reason that whoever lived in Britain at that time and until Christianity should also have had a religion , whatever the definition , but as Ironstone says it is being obtuse to suggest otherwise .
Regardless , there is some evidence for pre Christian religion in Britain. Whether the writings of Caesar are acceptable is a problem , but if we do accept them ,and many do , then he does mention the Druids ,e.g.”They wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another, and they think that men by this tenet are in a great degree excited to valor, the fear of death being disregarded. They likewise discuss and impart to the youth many things respecting the stars and their motion, respecting the extent of the world and of our earth, respecting the nature of things, respecting the power and the majesty of the immortal gods. “ that and other comments are reasonable descriptions for a religion in pre Christian Britain and the near continent .
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