Two things I found interesting reading this chapter is that over the years, Christianity has gone down two percent since the 1900’s in popularity and Islam’s numbers has skyrocketed by ten percent. This was due to high birth rates in highly Islamic countries. But, with Christianity going down two percent, that was only nominal practitioners as well. 2. What point do you think Professor Prothero was trying to make in this chapter? If you can, write what you think he wants you to learn in one or two sentences: Professor Prothero was trying to prove the point that in all religions both good and bad outcomes can become of them. He was trying to inform us about the religions he was going to be describing and how they all connect and disconnect in several ways. …show more content…
So, what does Professor Prothero mean when he writes “God Is Not One”? Why does he this book needed to be written? Professor Prothero aimed this book to the eight great religions, not in isolation, but in contact and comparison. He’s telling us that we can learn a lot about one’s own religion by comparing it with others. That is why he stated the quote from the German philologist “God Is Not One.” …show more content…
What part of the chapter, if any, did you find most convincing? Why? [The more specific you are in your reference, the better.] I found convincing that when the professor asked his students to read the Nazi theology. The professor wanted them to understand how people can misinterpret the bible and bend the words to be able to use them as weapons against other religions. When his students came back they just stated that they were not real “christians” or they weren’t real “muslims.” This was the most convincing to me because it stated just how different people can take in making their religion into fitting their own