Criticism of religion developed from the 17th century onwards. For example, in Asia, no one before the 19th century self-identified as a "Hindu" or other similar identities. With the existence of diverse modern categories of religion such as monotheism, polytheism, pantheism, nontheism and diverse specific religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Taoism, Buddhism and many others, it is not always clear to whom the criticisms are aimed at or to what extent they are applicable to other religions. Some criticisms of monotheistic religions have been: Dennett and Harris have asserted that theist religions and their scriptures are not divinely inspired, but man made
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures of the "New World Translation", stating that the main goal of BeDuhn's book is to deny the deity of Christ. Thomas Winter considered the "Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures" to be a "highly useful aid toward the mastery of "koine" (and classical) Greek," adding that the translation "is thoroughly up-to-date and consistently accurate." Much criticism of the "New World Translation" involves the rendering of certain texts in the New Testament considered to be biased in favor of specific Witness practices and doctrines. These include the use of "torture stake" instead of "cross" as the instrument of Jesus' crucifixion;