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The criticism of religion includes criticism of the concept of religion, the validity of religion itself, the practice of religion, and the consequences of religion for humanity. The singular word religion is not meant to represent a particular religion or any group of religions.
Most Western criticism of religion focuses on the Abrahamic religions, particularly Christianity, with increasing attention in recent years on Islam. Not all criticisms would apply to all religions: criticism regarding the existence of God, for example, has very little relevance to Buddhism, or Unitarian Universalism.
This article lists different criticisms from various sources. Each critique is often directed at a certain aspect of a certain religion at a certain time, and one should be careful not to generalise over all religions. For criticism of individual religions, see Criticism of specific religions. For a definition of religion, see Religion.
