Every ill society suffers from is a direct result of disobedience to Gods will.

The resolution is that every ill in society or every problem that results from human action rather than nature is the result of disobeying what God said. I provided a list of commandments in the new testament that would produce ill if obeyed. Since there are so many Christians, these commandments have been obeyed by some people. So if ill comes from obeying God's word, then it cannot possibly come exclusively from disobeying his work. Therefore these are legitimate examples of showing that some ills do not come from disobeying God and can come from obeying him. My opponent even agrees with me: Pro: he has turned the tables and provided examples, and poor ones at that, of how OBEYING Gods will actually causes societal ills. Since I have shown that some societal ills are caused by obedience, these ills cannot come from disobedience completely. So some ills do not completely come from disobedience. My opponent claims that these are poor examples but did not care to use any of his 10,000 characters available. He did not address my point that the resolution is poorly worded and assumes the bible is God's will. However I will let that slip. For the sake of my opponent, I will take back that argument and assume that the resulution means biblical principals when it says God's will. He did not address my example of work accidents as another example of an ill that does not completely result from disobeying God. He has shown poor conduct in claiming that I forfeited the debate simply because I made valid arguments he did not expect and was not prepared for. Just take a look at Matthew 5: 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. People following this commandment is going to be harmful because many people get taken advantage of when they lend money to those who will not pay them back. I know many people who have been cheated by lending money that does not get returned. This is an ill and specifically this ill is being too friendly and lending money to irresponsible people. This ill is actually commanded in the bible and so does not come from disobedience. Logically some Christians have read this verse, obeyed it, and have gotten cheated because of their obedience. Look at 1 Peter 2: 13Submit yourselves for the Lord"s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. Romans 13 1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. Think of all the ill that has come from people who did not take their freedom because biblical commandments and all the rulers who justified their rule with the bible. Imagine an America still under American rule. Romans 1 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Leviticus 20 13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. People who are gay can be in loving relationships with those like them. The only difference is that they are attracted to the same sex. Why does this make them so sinful? If being in a loving relationship with someone of the same sex brings them more and deeper happiness than being with the opposite sex they have no attraction to, or just being virgins, then why are gay relations sinful? Think of all the ill that has come from parents trying to "fix" their gay children, or the lack of legal recognition for gay marriage because Christians do not want to legally recognize a sin. Think of all the ill from well meaning societal disapproval and harrasment of gays when gays are not doing anything wrong. The bible has terrible advice about dealing with attackers, borrowing, gender equality in the home, gay relationships, slavery, loyalty to government, divorce, and lifelong virginity. These commandments have caused ills that cannot be blamed on disobedience to God.