Elijah Abanto’s Reviews > Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion > Status Update

Chapter 6 is a compelling and concise chapter on the hermeneutics and trustworthiness of the Scriptures, especially the New Testament.

Chapter 5 | “Does religion cause violence? It certainly can. But millions of people are driven by their faith to love and serve others. And Christianity, in particular, has served as a fertilizer for democracy, a motivation for justice, and a mandate for healing. If we think the world would be less violent without it, we may need to check our facts.”

Chapter 3 | “Jesus claims rule over all of heaven and earth. He presents himself not as one possible path to God, but as God himself. We may choose to disbelieve him. But he cannot be one truth among many. He has not left us that option.”

Chapter Two | “Christianity is the most diverse, multiethnic and multicultural movement in history.”

Chapter 1: “Aren’t We Better Off without Religion?” | “While it is impossible to explore all the relevant data, there is compelling evidence that many individual and social goods arise from religious participation, and that Christianity in particular is well aligned with the findings of modern psychology.”

Religion in the world is not declining, as Western secularists thought, but increasing.