#283 The Benefits of Religion - Jimmy Akin

DAY 283 CHALLENGE “Religion is a destructive force that harms people.” DEFENSE This is not supported by the evidence. Every institution—churches, hospitals, schools, governments—makes mistakes and harms people on occasion. However, to claim an institution is fundamentally harmful, one needs to provide evidence it does more harm than good. Further, one would need to show not just that individual examples of an institution do more harm than good (individual churches, hospitals, schools, or governments may, in fact, be destructive). Instead, one would need to show that the institution i...