"Christianity Divides People Into 'Us' and 'Them'"

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One argument levelled against Christianity by its enemies is that Christianity divides humanity into an "us" group and a "them" group. It pits Christians (the "us") against the unbelievers (the "them"). Because Christianity promotes such division, it's immoral. So the argument goes.

One tactic that God has taught me, through various means, to refute all kinds of worldviews and all kinds of arguments is to judge them by their own standards. So, with this tactic in mind, let's consider the argument that Christianity is immoral because it divides humanity into two groups: an in-group and an out-group. What is one thing this argument is assuming? It's assuming that there are people who don't think in these black-and-white terms and people who do think in these black-and-white terms. The ones who argue this way obviously think they're morally enlightened enough to not judge humanity in this simplistic way. They also clearly think that those who do judge humanity this way are morally ignorant. In other words, those who make this argument against Christianity see themselves as morally superior to Christians, who see humanity divided into believers and unbelievers. To state it even more clearly, these unbelievers ("us") pit themselves against those divisive Christians ("them").

Yes, Christianity does divide humanity into two groups: believers in Christ and those who don't trust Christ. But Christians aren't Christians because they inherently possess more moral enlightenment than non-Christians. Rather, Christians are Christians because God causes them to trust in Christ (Philippians 1:29). In the end, the ONLY thing that makes Christians different from non-Christians is the mercy of God (Romans 9:14-16).