God is a harmful concept to human advancement.

I’m not going to be able to respond to every detail of pro, because I’m cramped on characters. It’s difficult for atheists to modify. It’s far more difficult for atheist to see a reason to modify themselves because they don’t believe they did wrong when they should. Morality to them is whatever they decide it to be, and is based on their own individual opinion, not something external. “If a person doesn’t think there is a God to be accountable to, then—then what's the point of trying to modify your behavior to keep it within acceptable ranges?” -– Jeffery Dahmer Theist do provide hope for Objective Morality. It is rare to see atheists have any reason to submit to morality that disagrees with theirs. Seriously, being atheist is doing what is right in your own eyes. Have you ever seen an atheist sacred book of factual morality? Nope, doesn’t exist. Because that’s the point, a consistent framework of morality is not with them. Morality may exist with them, but it’s inconsistent. Morality to them is doing “whatever I think is right.” This philosophy works great, until you turn into a serial killer like Dahmer. Then you realize how much it’s important that morality is not always decided by yourself. I’m not saying atheist are evil (some are), if they’re raised with good morality then yes they can be good. But when they go bad, then it’s difficult to cure them till you curb this philosophy. Pro says that you don’t need God for morality. But I disagree. With atheism morality is an illusion, theism it isn’t. So for consistent morality to exist, God’s needed, otherwise it doesn’t really exist. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” -- Solomon Religion, in all its forms has limited human understanding and dignity since its inception -- Pro Hell is just simply a godless place, if you don’t want God, seems logical to send you there. Also, where is it mandated by God to kill Muslims? God as in the bible (…), is quite obviously violent, capricious, and jealous, and far from loving, as many christians claim. -- Pro True, He hates wickedidness. There is nothing evil in his jealousy. He's loving, as he sent Jesus, a loving person who healed the sick and raised the dead, and taught people to love their neighbors as much as themselves. A hateful God would not have sent Jesus. Today, religion has caused millions of deaths in Africa and South-America due to the prohibition of contraception -- Pro Can you tell me how abortion contributes to advancing humanity? Seems more like killing off potential humans to me. I do have a 100% guaranteed birth control plan, quit having unnecessary sex. Science and religion and always at odds also, and not only that, but religion has always limited scientific progression and human advancement -- Pro I’m not sure what you mean by limiting scientific progression. You do know that some of the greatest scientist were “religious fanatics” (Isaac Newton) Most Nobel Prize winners were Jewish. And probably a lot of earlier scientist were religious (No way to prove, but atheism is way bigger today than it was a century ago) I do lean towards the belief that there are far fewer secular scientist that has contributed to science then religious ones in the past. Also I have not observed Theism limiting any scientific progression on any empirical science. I have seen theist criticize science, but I have no idea what you mean by limiting “scientific progression”. Slavery being immoral is an opinion. If someone wants to be a slave, I say let them be. What makes slavery seem immoral is when you get a bad master. Democracy is just being plane biased. There is nothing wrong with a monarchy, theocracy or a republic. Also, can you show me where God restricts freedom of speech? Also, religion, even in the more liberal spheres limits philosophical thought in that philosophy (like science) is based on reason and logic -- Pro Incorrect. Science is based off of reasoning, not logic, for it possess contradiction. e.g. classical mechanics does contradict special relativity in absolute time and space. So science is reasonable but also can be erroneous. Also faith is believing in the evidence, not the conclusion. “Many religions treat women as second-class citizens, and particularly in the Jewish faith where menstrual blood (…) was viewed with fear and paranoia” -- Pro I don’t see how not touching a woman for seven days when they have a bleeding discharge is bad (lev 15:19). And BTW I’m circumcised, and I’m fine with it, supposedly it lowers HIV infection. Pro makes the wrong case. Pro is making a case for religion altogether, but not theism specifically (God) The thing is theism is a component of religion but not religion itself. You can test this out by observing religion that lacks a belief in God, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. The topic states “God is a harmful concept to human advancement.” Not “Religion is a harmful concept to human advancement.”