Religion and faith is not beneficial to the well being of society and humanity.

I think my adversary is slightly confused and may be resorting to failed semantics to try and piece together what is left of his argument. When you Claim that "Religion and faith are not beneficial to society"Then go on to say""It is that major forms of religion (such as , Judaism, Christianity and Islam just to name a few) is mostly detrimental to the advancement of society,science ,education and humanity "P1 : If Religion has been beneficial to society, the resolution is false. P2: Harm caused by religion is a non sequitur, because it does not negate the good done by religion. Defense of Premise 1When examining Pros resolution, notice the claim he is making. He is saying Religion and Faith, Which could include major sects of religion, are not beneficial to society. Meaning that if religion has ever been beneficial to society, or remains beneficial to society his resolution is false. So lets exam the good brought about religion. America Founded on Religious PrinciplesThe first thing I want to cover was just a blatant error by Pro. I claimed America was founded on Christian principles. He responds with this" Indeed, most of our Founding Fathers, although they respected the rights of other religion, held to deism and Freemasonry tenets rather than to Christianity. "Deism - The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation. [1]Examine what religion is, I notated this in the first round. The belief in a God or Group of Gods, and possibly the worship of said God. Deism is the belief that a God created the universe, but does not meddle in the day to day affairs of it. Deism is a religion, hence why people call their religion Deist. It is more of a prospective in some regards, but it is a religion none the less. I literally have no idea what pro was trying to do when saying that the founding fathers respected the rights of religious people but were not religious because they were Deist. This kind of baffles me. Even if we shifted the word to "Deist" instead of "Christian" the same result would occur. A Positive impact from religion, which in turn negates pros resolution. He also claims that America not founded on Christian PrinciplesThis is a blatant error as well. The founding fathers were influenced by Christian ideology. "One possibility is simply that the Founders identified themselves as Christians. Clearly, they did. In 1776, every European American, with the exception of about 2,500 Jews, identified himself or herself as a Christian. Moreover, approximately 98 percent of the colonists were Protestants, with the remaining 1.9 percent being Roman Catholics.[2]"When addressing the question “Did America have a Christian Founding?” , it is important to consider that normal Christians might be influenced by Christian ideas, just as it is possible for an orthodox Christian to be influenced by non-Christian ideas. This is an excellent case that can be made for the fact that Christianity had a profound influence on the Founders.[3]HopeThe harm religion causes does not negate the good it does. See P2 later on in this round. Charity WorkMy adversary argues that people can do charity work outside of religion. This is a fact, but again that is not a part of this debate. He has to acknowledge the charity work done in the name of religion as a benefit of religion. Defense of Premise 2My adversary wants to weight the good vs evil of religion. That is not a part of the debate. We are arguing that religion is not beneficial to society. We are not arguing religion has caused more harm than good. Again lets's review the resoultion" My statement is short and simple . It is that major forms of religion (such as , Judaism, Christianity and Islam just to name a few) is mostly detrimental to the advancement of society,science ,education and humanity"" Religion and faith is not beneficial to the well being of society and humanity."He is saying there is no benefit that religion can give to humanity. I have shown this to be false, and we must be aware we are not putting the good vs bad on scale. We are simply debating is religion beneficial to society at all.[1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[2] DeMar, America’s Christian Heritage, p. 13.[3] Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Light and the Glory (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Fleming H. Revell, 1977); John Eidsmoe, Christianity and the Constitution: The Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1987); Tim LaHaye, Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Brentwood, Tenn.: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1987), pp. 90, 113; William J. Federer, America’s God and Country (Coppell, Tex.: FAME Publishing, 1994); David Barton, Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, & Religion, 4th ed. (Aledo, Tex.: Wallbuilder Press, 2005); and Gary DeMar, America’s Christian Heritage (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003).