The Argument against Abolishing Christianity is another example of religious satire, but not in the way that Tale of a Tub is. The most important reason why is because Swift is suggesting the most hilarious and sometimes insulting reasons for keeping Christianity. One reason he gives is to keep "great wits" in line and from attacking other "dignities" like the Government and Ministry. This is after mentioning two young men who were punished severely for saying there was no God. Swift also writes about an argument that says Sundays would be another day of business and pleasure if Christianity were to be abolished-he answers this by asking when would lawyers prepare briefs or where can there be a better reason to sleep in? This argument seems to have many sides to it, because it implicitly acknowledges the fact that people don't really "rest" on Sunday or treat in an any holier manner than any other day of the week. Without Christianity "free-thinkers" would not be very educated with nothing to be "inquisitive" about. Swift also uses the argument that abolition would result in the stocks in East-India and the Bank to fall at least one percent (Nokes 195). This comment actually offended many people because of this mercenary argument.

The creative thing about Swift's argument is that he is not to be making fun of religion, but seems to be making fun of irreligious people. He makes educated free-thinkers sound silly and pointless by making them look as if they must try to inquire about everything. He points out the obvious fact that no one really acknowledges Sunday as he or she should, and even writes that words defining sins such as "whoring" and "cheating" would no longer exist and everyone would be just as pure as everyone else no matter what he or she did. By making Christianity look silly and mundane and mocking it with such arguments usually not associated with it, he succeeds in making any objection to religion look equally as silly. By that rationale, Swift is not satirizing Christianity itself, but is satirizing Christianity in order to do the same thing to society.