Religion is overall not beneficial to the well being of society and humanity

Rebuttals and closing arguments. I almost don't feel the need to respond at all because of failed semantics and failure of con to support the resolution religion is overall not beneficial to the well being of society and humanity. However I will , address some of the issues he has brought up , furthermore I have no doubt that voters will surely take notice of all the points CON has failed to even mention. Voters will clearly notice that I’ve sufficiently addressed “religion is neutral” in the above rounds by demonstrating that religious teachings and beliefs have led to countless atrocities. A great quote below will restate what I’ve said. “Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.” ~ Steven Weinberg, Christianity is homophobic , sexist ,misogynistic , ect ect . My opponent has demonstrated another crucial issue with religious scripture. It can be interpreted in many ways , for example what if somone where to interpret the mentioned quotes literally? Such as people who follow “sola Scriptura”? Because if someone did they might stone homosexuals… OH WAIT THAT’S ALREADY HAPPENING Just like another point that con never even mentioned. Homosexuality is illegal in 82 countries. In most you receive the death penalty as punishment. We must AGAIN stand in awe at all the points that my opponent does not even dare mention or contest. Not only are religious countries the most corrupt but religion PROMOTES it. “Considering the variety of corruption measures, the reliability of data, and the large number of included countries, we have to conclude that religiosity not only does not impede corruption but tends to promote it… Based on the above-mentioned arguments, we may conclude that while religiosity provides guidance on morality, some of its characteristics practically promote corrupt business behavior.”(15) Every religion at its core truly believes that it’s the one and only true religion. Christians believe that only they have the right true religion vice versa Muslims believe their religion is true. The result of such nonsense is that religions constantly come into conflict with other religions ending up with the slaughter and murder of countless delusional people. Take merely the crusades as one example the religious wereguaranteed a spot in heaven if they perished while in combat by Pope Urban II in 1095 he said it was “the will of God!”.[11] What happened? Aside from losing the crusades even though with “The will of God” The total number of deaths due to the crusades is at least nine million, at least half of which were Christians. Many of these were simply innocent civilians caught in the carnage.[13] In 1000s A.D this was over 3.9% of the world population solely in this war alone. Ponder for a moment all the potential that humanity was robbed of because of this event alone. Even today it is still in many countries illegal to be an atheist. A direct cuase of religion. Atheists Face Death Penalty In 13 Countries! This is today.The farther back the worse discrimination.[12] Until the 16th Century Christianity did it’s best to suppress science and discovery the cases of Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Giordano Bruno are few examples of it’s spite for science. The Church also opposed the the printing press, concerned that the scriptures and other knowledge would become easily available to the masses, thus by-passing the traditional vetting and interpretation of the clergy. The conflict between religion and science continues today as Christian fundamentalists demand that their creation myth be taught in place of, or alongside, the theory of evolution in the public schools. Religion also desires to suppress free speech with the Catholic Church’s Index of Prohibited Books the Muslim fatwa against author Salman Rushdie for his 1989 book “The Satanic Verses”, and violent Muslim demonstrations against the Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed in 2005 are only but a few examples. Martyrdom and sucide bombers happen for entirely religious reasons. 911 exemplified this. Saudi Arabian women are required to wear the abaya, a black loose outfit that is reserved for Arab women so as to prevent men from viewing them as sex symbols. The Quran contains over 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. With commands to chop off heads ,fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding those who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter. This is again one of many many examples of religion causing direct suffering. Christianity is homophobic. Christianity is misogynistic Christianity commands you to Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests Kill Witches Kill Homosexuals Kill Fortunetellers Death for Hitting Dad Death for Cursing Parents Death for Adultery Death for Fornication Death to Followers of Other Religions Kill Nonbelievers Kill False Prophets Religion also desires to suppress free speech with the Catholic Church’s Index of Prohibited Books the Muslim fatwa against author Salman Rushdie for his 1989 book “The Satanic Verses”, and violent Muslim demonstrations against the Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed in 2005 are only but a few examples. In India Hindu law gives women limited rights to inheritance the oppression of females in India. What about the countless people who are born gay ? What about the stresses and tourment they go through if there parents or themselves are devoutly religious? They are made to think of themselves as evil and worthless. Con’s car analogy , where this analogy to be true it would be absolutely positively IRRELEVANT. The debate is if religion is beneficial for example nuclear bombs being used to decimate civilians it could be argued is not beneficial yet they are a tool…organized religion is a tool that has been used for ignorance and violence therefore not benefical… However Cons phantasmagorical analogy is absolutely fallacious. Cars for example do not direct people to stone others for their gender or religious preference for example. Neither do they claim to have the creator of the universe on their side All con did was restate his arguments and did nothing to refute my rebuttals.I stated and clarified already: religion causes it’s followers to perform unimaginable atrocities and only because they have faith that it’s divinely warranted do they commit such acts. My opponent has failed to provide logical arguments sustained with evidence and has yet to reply to all of my points. This is extremely rude of my opponent. I clarified already the rules and regulations in round one. I provided evidence for my arguments while refuting pros points along the way. He has done nothing to attack my points therefore I win.