Christianity does more harm than good

Your insistence on the word sect only does you a disservice. If Catholicism believes it is different from mainstream Cheistianity, and you agree with that, then we must not even not even bother looking at the actions of Catholicism because it is not Christianity. My inclusion of Catholicism as a denomination was so that you would still be able to use it in your arguments and we would derail ourselves. The different denominations all coexist peacefully. The ones who do not are the ones who disagree with the basic tenants of Christianity, and are therefore not Christian, and are therefore sects. You are entirely clueless about what a sect is, and this is shown later when you refer to Islam, a completely differnt religion from Christianity, as a sect within it. Your notion that multiple people acting opposite of what one says somehow makes it the responsibility of the person is fallacious. Your reference to other holy books is irrelevant as we are only discussing Christianity. Your belief that the Bible promises Christians anything shows that you don't understand it. The Jews were God's chosen people and they were the only ones promised land. The only thing Christians were promised were trials and sufferings on behalf of Christ. Regarding the crusades, Pro is so misguided that it makes me wonder if this is hardly worth debating. He assumes that common knowledge must be true and that it is proven by "10-20 sources," which is silly because common knowledge simply is what most people think they know about a subject. The crusades have been misunderstood by the majority of people and actual historians agree with what I have said. He claims I have ignored sources, when in fact he did not use any and I did. I cited undeniable historical events that occurred when Muslims conquered Christian lands and presented a quote by a renowned crusades historian. Then I presented other historical facts and logical deductions. I probably should have cited more sources but when compared with the total of 0 presented by my opponent, I do not believe that is a fair criticism. His argument here is one of dismissal, and as I've shown he is wrong. Back to Hitler, my opponent addressed none of the points I made and instead harped on a point I have already refuted. I will not waste any more time on this. I will just mention that he said Christianity had been violent since its inception, when in reality, early Christians were routinely persecuted and murdered. Pro said his own point regarding Christian murders is irrelevant, so I will say no more on it. He says that I and other christians advocate teaching (Biblical) creationism in schools. I never said that. Pro is misguided and making ridiculous claims. He is not focusing in the least about how Christianity has caused harm but going on a tirade against any beliefs of Christians being represented at all. This is not an debate about if science is being taught properly in schools. It is about harm Christianity has caused and my opponent has entirely left the matter at hand for another one. My opponent has shown nothing, has proven nothing, and has made extremely weak arguments. Even before I address the benefits Christianity has had, I believe I have presented more than enough evidence to encourage you to vote for Con. I have already mentioned how Christians helped create modern science and mathematics. Christians are markedly more charitable than non-religious people as shown by the Hoover organization, who said they are "25 percentage points more likely than secularists to donate money (91 percent to 66 percent) and 23 points more likely to volunteer time (67 percent to 44 percent)" while " 92 percent of Protestants give charitably, compared with 91 percent of Catholics. " A Forbes study has shown that in addition to having more charities than any other ideology, Christianity has better charities than other ideologies as well. The Catholic Church is the largest provider of healthcare and education in the world. After the Fall of Rome, it was the church that preserved the knowledge accumulated during that time period. Early in Christianity's history, its teachings were far more liberal than those that existed at the time. The Christian belief that murdering slaves was bad and that women and men were actually equal was completely opposed to beliefs at the time. Christianity is largely responsible for the occurrence of the Renaissance, as well as being of great importance in the creation of much of the world's art and music. The Catholic popes themselves have been key figures in world politics. It was a pope that created the calendar we use today. A pope convinced Attila the Hun not to invade Italy. A pope is credited with having been a key figure in the collapse of European Communism. Christian teachings, if actually followed, create model citizens. They are not hateful, they are not spiteful, they respect others, they help their neighbor, they are peaceful, they act within the law, they are faithful, and they show that Christianity, far from being harmful, is helpful to society. You claim bad things have happened, and try to pin it on Christianity, when it reality they have been the fault of humanity's failures. I'm growing weary of actually working hard to present evidence when my opponent is simply pulling things out of thin air, so I will end the debate here. I believe that I have presented more logical arguments, better evidence, truer sources, and have argued my side far better than my opponent.