> Religions make truth claims. Yeah, but typically of a nature which cannot be proven right or wrong. E.g. how could anyone prove that Jesus was or wasn't the

> Religions make truth claims. Yeah, but typically of a nature which cannot be proven right or wrong. E.g. how could anyone prove that Jesus was or wasn't the "Incarnate Logos"? It is impossible since it is a purely metaphysical claim. Or how to prove Mohammed actually talked to an angel of God? Either claim is unprovable. Which one you believe basically comes down what makes you feel good. (Or more realistically, what your parents told you to believe.) But in cases where the truth claim can be verified, there are numerous examples of such claims being proven wrong, without it having any effect on the believers. Just as an example, the biblical justification of the dogma of the Trinity was proven to be a forgery already in the renaissance. Did it it change anything? Of course not. The belief in the trinity was so institutionalized at that point it didn't matter.