Organized Religion is Harmful and Corrupt

You know, you"re right. I didn"t specify. I simply put the title I did as a buzz to get someone in here that would clearly oppose me. I"m not doing this to win any rounds. I"ll vote for you myself- how about that. My point about warfare does not stand. And you"re right to point out any history textbook will have war and blood. There is the good in humans and there is the bad. And it is beautiful when the good outshines the bad. It is what seperates homosapiens from anything else that has ever existed. However, Religion does prey on the poor. This corruption does exist today. I truly am sorry that you are deciding to not see this. I can"t open your eyes in this discussion. I"d encourage you to look around you. And Constantine became a Christian on his deathbed. Thought that was worth noting. I have two things I"d like you to explain again to me: 1- "You may believe that hell is man made as many other agnostics do, but this does not imply that it is false. Your beliefs are not necessarily 100% true, and this round cannot be based on 100% of your beliefs...Again, it is YOUR belief that religion is made by man. The religious people believe it is given by God. Therefore, your belief has not more truth to it than my or anyone else's beliefs." How can you say this to me? If you believe in something, it is solely on faith. And that has the capacity to shut down the conversation. It also seems contradictory- you believe and I do not but not one belief outweighs another? We can only rely on proven truth. On what we know to be true. I also never said I was agnostic. 2- "I encourage you to read through "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" by Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek. This book gives all the convincing you need to prove that Christianity is real and is the one true faith, but anyhow, everybody's beliefs hold weight to them, they don't have to have any weight to you. The only time this is not true is when a belief has been proven to be true. Then a person's belief can have weight, or not. The book I recommend to you not only proves to you the reality of Christianity, but explains why other belief systems are false." Here"s the thing. I don"t want to be convinced that something is real. And while you are right, personal belief, convictions, spirituality is great. Problems arise when organized religion tells the masses what to think, feel, etc. based off emotional draws. Has God been proven to exist? Or is it faith that God exists? Science, unlike belief, actually carries weight or it does not. In science, you cannot believe something into truth. Like I said before, there have been thousands of different tongues on this planet, and thousands and thousands of different religions? But of those thousands and thousands of religions- your God is the one true God. Everyone else is wrong. Everyone else is wrong- but you, the Christian, are right. Let that sink in. Think about it. If someone else from another religion said, "my God is true and other belief systems are false." What would you say? Would you say "you"re wrong, and I win"? I have not followed my original title, and have certainly gone off on rabbit trails. But I appreciate you talking about all this with me. You bring up many good points. I"ll vote for you. Thank you. Hope you have a nice day. P.S This topic of religion has made you an ardent Christian. It has made me x. Seems divisive. P.S.S I"m currently reading C.S Lewis"s Screwtape Letters. Thought you"d enjoy that:)