Religion does more harm than good.

Just to clarify, I forfeited the round on purpose, because Kinesis basically did the same. \\\Uh...what entails that the human race will go on indefinitely? As far as I am aware, Christianity teaches that eventually the world will end and everyone will be assigned to their various immoral existences./// I do not understand this point.... please clarify in the next round. \\\Pro believes he knows better than a vast majority of youths. Tell me, has he peered into the minds of all those people? Can he diagnose liars or deluded people from around the world using merely his mind? If not, then I have no idea why he believes he has refuted this point./// I am not saying youths do not believe in a higher power. I am saying they are wrong. \\\Pro basically argues that the disciples lied to the people, stole Jesus' body and then sacrificed themselves to get the religion going. This is, in a word, absurd. Who would die for something they themselves KNEW was false? Liars make extremely poor martyrs./// YOU of all people talk about absurd? Tell me why/how only JESUS's body rose to "heaven" and why everyone else's body gets cremated or stuck into a ditch! Does god only favor his son? And yes there have been worse conspiracies proven true than the one you defend. \\\Well, what about the vast amounts of charity work and good done in the name of Christianity? I provided many, many examples in the last round and Pro has not addressed them./// Let me address that now. Charity is great, don't get me wrong. But you must also account for the bad things. Let's compare: Church gives to charity; then church imprisons Gallileo; Church gives to charity; Church rules the dark ages where they keep books and learning tools away from the people so to keep power; Church gives to charity; many priests/ high church officials are revealed as child molesters. The cons completely outweigh the pros!!! \\\Just because some people beak the commandments doesn't mean they lack any impact as a whole. As stated, they give a moral basis for one to live their life. If such absolute barriers are removed, or had been removed in the past, many people would have been adrift without any moral code, no doubt doing as they pleased./// First, these commandments were to restore peace in a world that was full of war, war has waged between Christians and others for eternity. The crusades, the inquisition, the list goes on and on! These commandments may contribute to better household and local manners, but on the global scale make a small dent in the violence. Obviously we cannot learn from this. \\\It is true that Christianity has hindered science in the past (and does so today). However, is this really a bad thing? It is likely that sometime in the future, as nuclear and biological weapons become easier to produce, that some mad faction will attack the human race or release some kind of devastation on the world. There could be nuclear war. The human race will, most likely, be completely wiped out some time in the future by our own technology. So is hindering science really a bad thing?// Sly move! Last time I checked, the majority of Christians are republicans. And the vast majority of republicans are in favor of increasing our nuclear weapons arsenal. So clearly, if anyone is wiping out the Earth by nukes, it's Christians advertising a righteous cause. And they just don't hinder rocket science, they also hindered the study of the planets, which does not threaten anyone, except them. Yes, science has proven more to us about the universe and life and death in the last 100 years than religion has done since its existence. http://pollingreport.com... \\\Yes, there are extremes to religion (just like any ideology). This does not make it rotten as a whole./// If a religion contributes to making someone detonating themselves in the name of god, then yes it is bad. 1. Religion could lead to salvation \\\REFUTED/// 2. Christianity teaches good things \\\REFUTED/// 3. Christians and Charity \\\REFUTED/// To conclude my last constructive speech before the rebuttal I would like to present a video. (ABOVE) http://www.youtube.com...