The Main Reasons I'm an Atheist: 2. Religions are Unreliable

There are numerous reasons to why I'm an atheist.
In the next blog posts I'll be listing the main ones.

For the first post, please click here:
http://bigheadatheist.blogspot.co.il/2014/05/the-main-reasons-im-atheist-1-world-is.html


2. Religions are Unreliable

An important question every religious person must ask themselves is this:
"How can I know that my religion is the correct one?"

Given the literally thousands of different religions out there, which also very often contradict each other, this is indeed a very difficult question.
Each of these religions has 'holy scriptures' just like yours.
The followers of each religion have 'divine experiences' just like yours.
Each has an internally consistent doctrine just like yours.
And yet... Followers of one religion are considered heretics of another.
The followers destined for the heaven of one religion, are destined for the hell of another.
This situation is completely ridiculous!

If religions were indeed divinely inspired by a single god or a single group of gods, then obviously there would be consistency between them. Not only that, but you'd expect the same religion to show up independently in different parts of the world.
Did this ever happen? No. Not ever. Not even once.

But if religions are indeed man-made, then you'd expect each religion to suit the character of the culture within which it was created. You would expect religions to be different from one another and often contradictory. You would expect new religions to pop up all over the place all the time.
Does this ever happen? YES. ALL THE TIME. EVEN TODAY.

The Jewish religion is characterized by the Mesopotamian culture from whence it came.
The Christian religion is characterized by both the Jewish-Mesopotamian culture from which it evolved, as well as the Greek Mithraistic culture where it was developed.
The Muslim religion is characterized by the desert-dwelling Arabian Peninsula culture.
Every Pagan religion is also characterized by the culture and environment where it was created.

Lets look at more recent examples:
Scientology? Characterized by science-fiction tales, as fitting for the science fiction author who created it.
Mormonism? Characterized by the North-American culture in which Josef Smith grew up.
Both of which, by the way, are documented con-men.

In India, there's a new self-proclaimed Hindu messiah just about every month.

Despite all this ridiculous amount of contradicting evidence, a huge number of people still fall for it.
Is it so hard to believe that ancient people were just as gullible as they are today?
In fact, given the documented ridiculous beliefs people used to hold, wouldn't it make sense that ancient people were even more gullible and dumber than we are today?

So...
How CAN you know that your religion is the correct one?
Obviously, you can't. Most religions rely on unfalsifiable and infallible claims which you cannot verify or disprove.
The few claims which are falsifiable... Have already been falsified - repeatedly.
The more logical conclusion is therefore - ALL religions are false.
Including yours.

The following YouTube series demonstrates just how psychologically fallible the human mind is.
It shows what kind of psychological vulnerabilities are being exploited by just about every single religion out there.

I highly recommend you watch all of it:
Psychology of Belief