Jeffrey Burton Russell’s new apologetic book addresses two trending and, for the foreseeable future, enduring phenomena. The first is the growth in the popularity of certain atheistic arguments and attitudes (specifically from those whom he appropriately refers to as “antitheists”). The second is the technologically driven trend that reduces discourse to one-line arguments, which are then widely and wildly spread, often without examination of historical or logical evidence. The combination of these two developments has produced careless dismissals of Christian faith, which are often encapsulated in pithy, pseudo-intellectual axioms. Exposing Myths gathers 145 “lies and legends” about Christianity, and provides the careful responses that one would expect from a distinguished historian.
Some of the myths are vague accusations, such as #4: Christianity is a fairy tale, or #115: Protestantism is puritanical. Others are more pointed and concrete, such as #15: Christianity supported black slavery, or #49: Medieval Christians believed the earth was flat.
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