But then again, Jesus Christ was not seeking to win a popularity contest. He said it because He knew it was true. He backed up his claims by many miracles and by rising from the dead. Satan would have people believe that Christianity is a hate religion because it will not surrender its claim to be exclusively true. Christians are called to love those who disagree with us.
Love does no harm to a neighbour.
Forms of religion which require violence, persecution, oppression and so on to survive are in contradiction with the spirit of Christ. Just because the Bible claims something does not logically make it right. But before we jump to that conclusion, let us check out some things. Islam Possibly the world's fasting growing religion is Islam.