The Catholic faith has the most logical arguments of any other Christian religion

My opponent has stated I did not show that all sin is of equal severity. This I believe is not true as I showed in my round 2 argument that in fact adultery is considered equal to murder in that it is breaking the law. This example given in the bible is relevant as it is a part of the Bible that discusses the breaking of law and sin. In response, my opponent said that Jesus said that sin does have different severity and quoted several verses which I want to look at. The first verse Luke 12: 47-48 does not tell us about the severity of sin related to eternal punishment or purgatory. This verse in facts relates ignorance to real life punishment. Consider this example a child or an adult who pushes a baby into a swimming pool and the baby dies. This child is not a murderer as the child cannot understand (ignorant), yet we should reprimand the child. However in the case of an adult, it is considered murder as an adult is not ignorant of what will happen. I think its is relevant to post the verse here from Luke to clarify this position "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. "(1)The verses from Mathew 10: 15 and 11: 22-24 I am not sure how these relates to severity of punishment could my opponent please clarify. Mathew 10: 15 "Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. "(2) Mathew 11: 22-24 "But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. "The only verse from the bible which possibly hints at the severity of sin is the verse from 1 John 5:17. However, this just means that the sin goes un-repented before the person dies. (3) It does not mean that the sin lasts after death, as this goes against Gods loving nature. The other verses my opponent gave which he said relate to purgatory I will try respond to as many as possible within the word limit. Luke 12:59. Is referring to paying money to compensate for a crime, this is related to asking for forgiveness and seeking self punishment.1Peter 3:19. This verse relates to Jesus going to hell and preaching there. I am not sure though how Jesus giving a sermon in hell relates to purgatory. If anything it seems that Jesus was in hell and that is all there is to it.1 Corinthians 3:15 states "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. " This is true, if your work burns you will suffer loss but you will not be burnt only your work. This does not relate to purgatory. My opponent has quoted versus from 2 Maccabees 12: 43 -45, however it should be noted that this portion of the Bible is not accepted by all Christian denominations and the Jews. (4) I think it is important that my opponent needs to prove the relevance of this text for all Christian denominations before it can be accepted as proof. Importantly there is one verse presented that deserves special attention here and it is the verse from Mathew 12:32 "And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. "(5) This verse relates that if you blaspheme against the Holy Spirit then you will suffer in hell for eternity. This verse means that both me and my opponent are wrong. This denies the existence of Purgatory and hence Catholicism doctrine and this denies the position of Christian Universalism. Do we decide this debate is a draw and ask for the voters to not vote? Regarding contraception, I am sorry my opponent feels I misinterpreted him. I was just going to the logical conclusion that if sex is meant for procreation then it should only be used for making kids. I agree impregnation is a possible result of sex, however it does not state anywhere in the bible that it should not be avoided. The only reference I can find in the Bible is the reference to Onan not wanting to impregnate his dead brothers wife. (6) God put Onan to death as he was not impregnating he as he was told to do, not because he spilled his seed on the ground. Also, regarding the pleasure concept it was just a logical extension of the say no to contraception argument. With respect to stemming of from Catholicism thereby making Catholicism more relevant. I think its important to realize that this is another false assumption as not every central stem is correct. In fact some stems have been shown to be wrong and have disappeared while the branches they lead to have refined their positions and flourished. In the 1970s people believed the world was cooling, then in the 1990s people showed the world was warming. (7,8) In fact both of these can be better described by the term climate change which was a branch that came from the stem of the previous conjectures. (9)I hand the debate back to my opponent. (1) . http://skepticsannotatedbible.com...(2) . http://skepticsannotatedbible.com...(3) . http://www.gotquestions.org...(4) . http://www.gotquestions.org...(5) . http://skepticsannotatedbible.com...(6) . http://www.openbible.info...(7) . http://en.wikipedia.org...(8) . http://en.wikipedia.org...(9) . http://en.wikipedia.org...