HOW ALL RELIGIONS ARE FALSE AND HARMFUL A scientific explanation of 7 major religions [Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism & Sikhism]

481 Pages·2016·1.76 MB·English

HOW ALL RELIGIONS ARE FALSE AND HARMFUL
A scientific explanation of 7 major religions
[Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism & Sikhism]

By
EBA
Copyright © 2016 Eba
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(However, limited number of passages may be quoted anywhere without permission)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. What is a religion?
2. Judaism
An Introduction
2A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Judaism
2B – Political & Economic Implications of Judaism
2C – Falsehood of Judaism
2D – Contradictions in Judaism
2E – Harmful effects of Judaism
2F – Summary of Judaism
3. Christianity
An Introduction
3A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Christianity
3B - Political & Economic Implications of Christianity
3C – Falsehood of Christianity
3D – Contradictions in Christianity
3E – Harmful effects of Christianity
3F – Summary of Christianity
4. Islam
An Introduction
4A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Islam
4B - Political & Economic Implications of Islam
4C – Falsehood of Islam
4D – Contradictions in Islam
4E – Harmful effects of Islam
4F – Summary of Islam
5. Hinduism
An Introduction
5A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Hinduism
5B - Political & Economic Implications of Hinduism
5C – Falsehood of Hinduism
5D – Contradictions in Hinduism
5E – Harmful effects of Hinduism
5F – Summary of Hinduism
6. Buddhism
An Introduction
6A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Buddhism
6B - Political & Economic Implications of Buddhism
6C – Falsehood of Buddhism
6D – Harmful effects of Buddhism
6E – Summary of Buddhism
7. Jainism
An Introduction
7A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Jainism
7B - Political & Economic Implications of Jainism
7C – Falsehood of Jainism
7D – Harmful effects of Jainism
7E – Summary of Jainism
8. Sikhism
An Introduction
8A – Scientific explanation of the origin of Sikhism
8B -- Political & Economic Implications of Sikhism
8C – Falsehood of Sikhism
8D – Harmful effects of Sikhism
8E – Summary of Sikhism
9. Have religions done no good?
10. Differences among religions are fundamental
11. Is peaceful co-existence of religions possible?
12. How to get rid of religions
13. An alternative to religions
14. Conclusion
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Introduction

Religions have influenced our life most profoundly.
Consider the following facts:
· Why is it that out of 452 suicide terror attacks across the world in 2015, 450 of them
were committed by Muslims? Why is it that out of 59 terrorist groups banned by State Department
of the US between 1997 and 2015, 45 are Islamic? Why is it that there have been more than 27800
deadly Islamic terrorist attacks worldwide since 9/11 and still counting?
· Why is it that most Buddhists and Jains are non-violent and introvert?
· Why is it that a Christian society is likely to be more compassionate for the poor and it
has maximum charity organizations?
· Why is it that countless Indians have abandoned the comfort of home and gone to
forest/Ashrams to attain enlightenment even at the cost of living an austere and inconvenient life?
· Why is it that a follower of a religion is more likely to condemn wealth and sexual
pleasure than say, a materialist?
· Why is it that India has maximum percentage of vegetarians and it has the lowest meat
consumption per capita in the entire world?
These are some examples which show how powerful religions are in deciding the conduct of
their followers.
At present, out of the total world population of about 7 billion, there are over 2 billion Christians,
1.6 billion Muslims, 1 billion Hindus, 480 million Buddhists, 24 million Sikhs, 14 million Jews and 4
million Jains in the world. There are several other minor religions spread across the world.
Why is it that religions are still such a dominant force in shaping the behavior of people and
policies of countries? Why have they dominated the mind space for thousands of years?
To understand this, we have to understand what exactly religions are; how they originated and
developed; what their core beliefs are and how their prescribed codes of conduct logically follow from
their core beliefs.
In brief, we have to understand them as a whole.
Taking out a few statements from religions and analyzing them in abstraction is useless. Nothing
less than a holistic, historical and scientific study of each religion separately would do.
But mere understanding of the content and origin of religious world-views is not enough. We must
also evaluate the truth or falsehood of their world-views in the light of the latest scientific facts. We must
also assess how beneficial or harmful these religions have been for their followers and others.
This book is an attempt to do this work.
This book deals with 7 major religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism,
Buddhism and Sikhism.
It describes their world-views and traces their origin and development in a scientific way.
Then, it examines their core beliefs in the light of scientific facts and exposes their falsehood.
This book further examines how harmful all these religions have been for their followers as well as
for the whole world.
In fact, almost all the problems of the world, especially terrorism, overpopulation, poverty, sexual
crime and unfair treatment of women can be traced back to religions. Yes, to the core of religions, not
their so-called misinterpretations, distortions or aberrations, as apologists try to prove. This book
explains how all these problems are logically linked to the fundamental beliefs of these religions.
Religions are not only false and harmful, they are also mutually incompatible. They cannot co-exist
peacefully. Islam is especially violent and it would inevitably clash with others.
So, what is the solution?
The solution is very simple: Get rid of all religions!
This book tells how this can be done.
This book also explains in the end how religions can be replaced with an alternative world-view
based on science and humanism.
The method that I have followed to write this book is this: I read all basic texts of all religions;
researched to understand the historical and personal background which shaped the thoughts of the
propounders of these religions; checked the truthfulness of the core beliefs of these religions in the light of
the latest scientific findings; and finally analyzed how their false beliefs have proved to be harmful for the
society.
It took 5 years (2011-2015) of reading, researching, thinking and writing to complete this book of
about 550 pages.
At present, there is not even one book in the market which attempts to understand all the major
religions – Abrahamic as well as Indian – analyzing how they originated, how they are false and how they
have created misery in the world.
Ignorance lets evil thrive and wreak havoc on the society. In absence of any challenge, followers of
each religion continue to believe that their religion contains the final and eternal truth; and that they have
the ultimate solution to all the problems of human life.
This book is written for laypersons as well as for intellectuals. I have not used any jargon or high
sounding technical words in this book. To understand it, no prior knowledge of religions is necessary.
Each of the 7 major religions has been discussed in a separate chapter with its sub-chapters dealing
with the scientific explanation of the core beliefs of each religion, its political & economic implications,
its falsehood, its contradictions and its harmful effect.
I have quoted only from the most fundamental texts of each religion. No secondary sources have
been used. The scientific and historical facts used in this book are easily available online. Just google the
relevant topic and you will get it.
I have deliberately not prefixed “the” before the names of the so-called holy books of Bible, Quran,
Gita, Ramayana etc. These are simple man-made books giving a common sense world-view of their
times, that too mixed with mythologies. They are certainly not the “direct revelations of God” or
“absolute truths experienced during the state of enlightenment” as their Abrahamic/Indian followers
claim. Hence, they do not deserve our special reverence by prefixing of word “the” before their names.
Hyperlinks have been provided wherever words are bolded and underlined including all topics of
the Table of Content. All quotes are in italics.
Every chapter on a religion has the following sequence: introduction (founder, basic texts, core
beliefs etc), scientific explanation of the origin of that religion, its falsehood, contradictions (if any) and
harmful effects. A summary of all this description has also been made at the end of each chapter on each
religion. This may however be skipped by readers who have already read the full chapter.
So, let us start the venture!