https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe/
Scholars of religion in the U.S. have been using the term "nones" since at least the 1960s, and its use has grown common in social scientific journals and the media. 1. In our latest data, 17% of "nones" identify as atheist, 20% say they are agnostic and 63% choose "nothing in particular.". Atheists and agnostics, on average, have

https://www.bible-knowledge.com/false-religions/
Jehovah's Witnesses. There are serious main differences between their system of beliefs and those of true Christianity. These differences are so extreme, this group has to be considered a cult and false …. Read More. This section will be covering many of the other false religious systems that are still operating in the world today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoreligion
Pseudoreligion or pseudotheology is a pejorative for a non-mainstream belief-system or philosophy which is functionally similar to a religious movement, typically having a founder, principal text, liturgy and faith-based beliefs.. Belief systems such as Christian Science or Nation of Islam have been referred to as pseudoreligions, as have various New Age religions, as well as political

https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2024/02/27/religion-true-christians-buddhists-and-difficult-quest-truth
Religious coexistence defies claims that any certain religion is ultimately true. The categories of religion are incommensurate with truth-claims—and in this sense, religion is not true but false. Yet, contemporary Religious Studies seems to seek truth in religion once again, but this time Buddhism rather than Christianity is asserted to be true.

https://theconversation.com/is-belief-in-god-a-delusion-150102
While religion is a source of solace and comfort for millions, particular religious beliefs can be "malignant" in Pinker's sense - devaluing and damaging mortal lives.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faith-and-foolishness/
This article was originally published with the title "Faith and Foolishness: When Religious Beliefs Become Dangerous" in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 303 No. 2 (August 2010) doi:10.1038

https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-94-true-and-false-religion-luke-2041-47
True religion is to know Christ as Lord; false religion is to be religious to impress people. 1. True religion is to know Christ as Lord (20:41-44). At its essence, true Christianity is not a system of thought or morals, although Christians have a system of thought and morals. Nor is true Christianity an organization of people into churches

https://theconversation.com/religious-lies-conmen-and-coercive-control-how-cults-corrupt-our-desire-for-love-and-connection-185385
For Durkheim, religion (and other social norms and values) act as a kind of social "glue". In times of rapid social change, existing rules, habits and beliefs no longer hold. This produces an

https://cairn.edu/clearing-up-confusion-about-religious-belief-and-objective-truth/
Statement number 31 in the survey reads: "Religious belief is a matter of personal opinion; it is not about objective truth.". More than a quarter (28%) of respondents with evangelical beliefs strongly agreed with the statement with 9% saying that they somewhat agreed. This is far fewer than U.S. adults with non-evangelical beliefs, in

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/collections/field-guide-on-false-teaching
Support Ligonier's Global Mission. Your generosity fuels gospel outreach around the world. This collection features excerpts from Ligonier Ministries' book A Field Guide on False Teaching, which surveys prominent theological errors, cults, and world religions.

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/qas/why-are-there-so-many-false-doctrines
Why are there so many false doctrines? W. Robert Godfrey. 1 Min Read. The devil is desperate. His kingdom has been raided by Christ, and he delights in whatever way he can derail us. He doesn't care how we run amok so long as we run amok. He doesn't care whether you're an atheist or whether you embrace some false religion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_religion
Criticism of religion involves criticism of the validity, concept, or ideas of religion. Historical records of criticism of religion go back to at least 5th century BCE in ancient Greece, in Athens specifically, with Diagoras "the Atheist" of Melos.In ancient Rome, an early known example is Lucretius' De rerum natura from the 1st century BCE.. Every exclusive religion on Earth (as well as

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/december/idols-worshiping-false-god.html
You're Probably Worshiping a False God. Christians are still idol worshipers. We're just less honest about it. John Calvin famously said the heart is a veritable factory of idols. I used to

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/10/01/new-age-beliefs-common-among-both-religious-and-nonreligious-americans/
Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults in this category hold one or more New Age beliefs, including six-in-ten who believe spiritual energy can be located in physical things and 54% who believe in psychics. And among those who say they are religious and spiritual, 65% espouse at least one New Age belief. Americans who reject both the religious

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-are-now-religiously-unaffiliated/
By contrast, nearly six-in-ten (58%) reported praying daily in the 2007 Religious Landscape Study, as did 55% in the 2014 Landscape Study. Roughly one-third of U.S. adults (32%) now say they seldom or never pray, up from 18% who said this in 2007. The long-term trend in the share of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/field-guide-on-false-teaching-legalism-antinomianism
False religions such as Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism, because they teach a works-based salvation wherein we enter heaven or experience Nirvana because of our good deeds, are non-Christian forms of legalism. Antinomianism. In the early church, certain false teachers promoted the idea that God's grace tolerates lawless living (see 2 Peter and

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/150531-religion-science-faith-healing-atheism-people-ngbooktalk
Religion doesn't have a methodology to weed out what's false. In fact, it's a way of fooling yourself. They have authority, revelation, dogma, and indoctrination as their methods and no way

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/17/1123508069/religion-christianity-muslim-atheist-agnostic-church-lds-pew
A new study shows that America's Christian majority has been shrinking for years, and if recent trends continue, Christians could make up less than half the U.S. population within a few decades.

https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionary-of-bible-themes/8748-false-religion
8748 false religion. The worship of anything that is not God, including any form of religion that fails to do justice to the glory and majesty of God. Scripture criticises both the practices and the beliefs of false religions. The nature of false religion. Man-made images are worshipped Ac 17:29 See also Dt 4:28; Ps 115:4-7; Ps 135:15-17; Isa

https://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-whether-islam-is-a-religion-of-violence-or-peace-32437
Islam has a history of violence. Muslims can be violent. Denying this is not at all different to denying that Islam is peaceful and that all Muslims are pacifists. The dichotomy is simply false

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/mind-and-soul/20-false-facts-about-major-religions-you-need-to-stop-believing/ss-BB1mYPNY
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are called Abrahamic religions for a reason: They all originate from Abraham's faith and covenant with the same God. 'Allah' is only an Arabic term for God

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/field-guide-on-false-teaching-jehovahs-witnesses
As of 2019, an estimated 8.7 million people adhere to the teaching and practice of this false religion worldwide. 1. When did it begin? In the late 1870s, Charles Taze Russell—a Restoration movement minister—began publishing his heretical doctrine in a periodical titled Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence. Russell grew up

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/5-false-gospels-within-the-evangelical-church.html
False Gospel 2: The Gospel of Social Justice. In the early twentieth century, many churches left off preaching the cross of Christ and replaced it with "doing good to their fellow man.". They justified their stance with verses from the Old Testament, such as "bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause" ( Isaiah 1:17) and

https://apnews.com/article/alito-supreme-court-flags-history-symbol-protest-a5415aeba90e21a86a50f8489fc54b7a
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy, this time over the "Appeal to Heaven" flag, a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize Christian nationalism and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The flag was seen outside his New Jersey beach home last summer. (AP Photo

https://bibleresources.org/bible-false-religion/
Satan, the great deceiver himself, loves religion. Satan, by acting as an angel of light, has tried to devise a spiritual counterfeit for all of God's real workings. One of Satan's favorite frauds is to have a false religion "preach a counterfeit gospel.". Satan loves religion and has many people practicing false ones all around the world.

https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Expositor-Illuminator-Summer-Quarter-ebook/dp/B0D31916D9
The Bible Expositor and Illuminator offers the most comprehensive and thorough treatment in biblical studies available today. This teaching manual is written by outstanding Christian workers, seminary-trained writers, and dedicated Bible scholars. It contains an abundance of teaching methods, explanatory materials, and practical applications that the teacher should study before each Sunday's

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/appeal-heaven-flag-evolves-revolutionary-war-symbol-banner-110519253
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize Christian nationalism and the