What gives any religion more credibility than any other?

They were ALL written by people. Not inspired by a deity. I suppose I just answered my own question.





The god of the bible is especially lackluster. In my opinion the Ceiling Cat theory holds more water.|||A religion has more credibility if it is based on verifiable historical events, and if those events involved persons who followed high moral standards.





In the case of Christianity, specific historical events such as the resurrection of Jesus after being tortured to death were verified by hundreds of witnesses, many of whom were still alive with the earliest accounts were written. The central figure in Christianity was Jesus, who followed high moral standards by rejecting sin and accepting death rather than renounce his teachings.





Competing faiths like Hinduism or Buddhism do not claim that God or gods intervened in history. The popular faith of Islam honors a warlord "prophet" not noted for his personal holiness (e.g., he kept a harem that included slave women, his adopted son's wife, and a 9-year-old child).





Cheers,


Bruce