the Catholic Church is Evil

PlagiarismMy opponent has conceded that he plagiarized his entire argument. This alone suffices for a major loss of points.Ignoring my argumentsMy opponent has ignored my arguments. He simply repeats unsourced negative things about the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, it rests upon the premise that any organization which does these things, or has members which does these things is a bad organization. This is unjustified.Equating the members with the Catholic ChurchMy opponent also seems to be equating any self proclaimed Catholic as "the Catholic Church."We can easily make a parrallel between this, and members in a country.Jeffrey Dahmer was an American citizen. He killed and cannibalized many people. (1) Does this mean that America is evil? Of course not. To equate one of the world's largest religious organizations with a few of its members is simply unfair and absurd.Rebuttals"In most books I read it says whenever converted Jews were were suspected of secretly practicing the Sabbath they were tortured and forced to admit this. once they admitted,they were burned at stake."Please give references of some sort so we can know this is true. Even if it is true, I have shown that it does not follow from this that the Catholic Church is inherently evil."Plus back thenalmost all the Bishops, priests, etc were rich. What happened to taking an oath of poverty!"Unfortunately, bishops and priests do not take a vow of poverty. (2) So this is simply irellevant. And once again, even if priests and bishops were rich and corrupted at one time, how would it follow from this that the Catholic Church is inherently evil?"The Christians also went on to attack the Muslims and try to kill them all. Thousands died in those campaigns. All because they didn't want to share Jerusalem."I once again fail to see how this is relevant. Thomas Madden states: "the crusade, first and foremost, was a war against Muslims for the defense of the Christian faith...They began as a result of a Muslim conquest of Christian territories." (3)"Ever heard of Charlemagne? During the Saxon wars he beheaded 4500 Saxons that he caught praying to their own gods after he converted them to Christianity."Which I believe he should not have done, but which was done in response to a Saxon revolt. The Royal Frankish Annals states:"When he heard this [the death of his subjects in battle], the Lord King Charles rushed to the place with all the Franks that he could gather on short notice and advanced to where the Aller flows into the Weser. Then all the Saxons came together again, submitted to the authority of the Lord King, and surrendered the evildoers who were chiefly responsible for this revolt to be put to death—four thousand and five hundred of them. This sentence was carried out...When he had finished this business, the Lord King returned to Francia." (4)Counter-argumentsWhat about Catholic Charities? This organizations serves over 10,000,000 (that's ten million) people a year, and distributed $4.7 billion to the poor in 2010. (5)I can sum this up very briefly.P1: No organization which feeds millions of poor people is evil.P2: The Catholic Church is an organization which feeds millions of poor people.C: The Catholic Church is not evil.ConclusionMy opponent has plagiarized and provided unsourced statements. As I've shown, even if we accept what my opponent says on face value, it simply does not follow that the Catholic Church is evil. I've provided examples to the contrary. I will admit that many people in the Catholic Church are sinful, and some even morally depraved, however, the Catholic Church as a whole cannot shown to be inherently evil. My opponent has not done so.The resolution remains unaffirmed.(1)http://crime.about.com...(2)http://catholicexchange.com...(3)Thomas F. Madden (2005) The New Concise History of the Crusades Rowman & Littlefield. pp. xii, 4, 8.(4) The Royal Frankish Annals, Scholz (1970:61)(5)http://www.economist.com...