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
Scriptures of the Golden Eternity clue meaning "Echo Canyon". Echo Canyon would subsequently become the name of Sonic Youth's private studio where several of their later period Geffen Records and SYR Records albums were recorded. The liner notes state that the album is "Dedicated to the Diamond Sutra and the Spirit of the Eternal Now!". "No track titles are given anywhere on the liner notes. Emusic and the iTunes Music Store list the individual song titles on their respective downloading menus as their respective track numbers". Scriptures of the Golden Eternity Scriptures of the Golden Eternity is a solo album by guitarist Lee Ranaldo, who