Humanism is a Better Morality System than Any Religion

The rules are pretty simply; don't use any logical fallacies. If they are used, and pointed out specifically, then the argument the other person is using can be instantaneously thrown out. If you wish to restate your argument without the fallacy, then that is fine. Any kind of external link is prohibited so that each of us can read each other's arguments in a timely manner. Of course, if you are just stating sources, then an external link is fine and appreciated. All quotes are allowed, just remember to state who said it and where they came from. Finally, the last rule is that no personal attacks are allowed. Let us begin. To start off, I would like to point out the fact that morality can be found historically to not actually have come from the Christian religion. Historically speaking, we currently know that Confucianism, which is a philosophy all about how to live one's life ethically, came about in 550 B. C. in China. I am sure that you would know that nowhere in the Bible is it mentioned that Christianity was ever even presented to the Chinese until long after Jesus' death. This is only one example of a single set of ethical laws that were presented not only before Christianity was spread to them, but long before Christianity or Judaism was a religion that had even a decently sized following. Therefore, I would argue that we know historically that ethics was a part of many ancient cultures with no influence whatsoever from the Christian belief set. Now on to the real meat of my argument. Nature determines ethics is probably the best way I could put my assertion. Humans are hard-wired as a species to want to survive, just like any other animal. As the human species grew, we had to learn through trial and error how to survive as best as possible. We learned how to grow communities through the lessons of pain. For example, we probably learned that murder was bad being it not only took away a member of the group that could help with the gathering of food and resources, but also made the community warier of the being that committed the murder. Through time and trial and error, we learned that murder and stealing were wrong because it caused pain and distrust within the community. Our morals eventually grew like this till now, where we have abolished slavery, given women equal rights, have fairer and more balanced governments, etc. This way of looking at morality is much better for the general populace, being Humanism is all about working together to help the largest amount of people possible. It is flexible, allowing for itself to change over time to be even better than it currently is. Whereas if you look at the Bible, you see a much darker outlook. You see a morality system that is set up to only benefit one being: God. No matter how difficult or hurtful the morality ascertained from the Bible is, you would seem to claim we must accept it because it is the Word of God Himself. You may not yet believe me, but I will go ahead and leave you with a couple things we would be forced to believe in if we accepted the Bible as God's Word and made it into law. These laws would allow for: slavery, the raping of women slaves, mass genocide in war (or taking of the women and children as slaves/sex slaves), very few rights for women, the execution of gays, adulterers, and witches, and more.