Identifying false religions.

bluescat48 writes:In one sense, one could say there are about 6.6 billion religions since everyone, seemingly, has his own input and beliefs.

Peg writes:if a religion is 'invented' by man, it is false.

Pauline writes:Hold on. According to most atheists I've encountered (both here and elsewhere), morality is defined as "getting along with each other." Alternate renditions might be prettier than that but that's the meat that's left when you strip the adjectives and adverbs and junk. So, are you trying to say that babies come with a under-developed ethical sense...which when developed through culture, and family becomes what you term-morality? IOW, a baby's ethical sense is like a jewel in the rough...its there but it needs to be polished and developed? But how is a baby's sense of we...let's not call it morality...let's just say, it's ethical sense different from what adults have? How is what they have not morality when you guys indeed define morality as "Getting along with each other"? Seems like a contradiction to me. Either you've gotta admit that babies come with a sense of morality (in terms of what you define it as) OR , admit that morality, like the rest of us think, is more than just "getting along with people. " Look at the study and more like it, it clearly shows that babies know how to get along with each other from a very very young age...

Big_Al35 writes:1) Do people forge evidence for the sake of the belief? If this is true then it is a false religion.

2) Do the proponents of the religion undermine your beliefs by stating that you have no evidence for your beliefs. If they do this their religion is a false one.

3) Do the proponents of the belief state that you are either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked if you choose not to follow them? If they do this their religion is a false one.

4) Do the believers think that your God is a cruel and evil God. If they believe this then theirs is a false religion.

5) Does the proponent of the belief promote and evangelise his belief willingly or does he engage in negative tactics such as witholding information, not engaging and belittling his opponents.
If he engages in negative tactics it is a false religion.