Every ill society suffers from is a direct result of disobedience to Gods will.

This is a very hard debate for me because the bible has much advise against very general ills like every religion. I do not like how Pro created the resolution and that leads me to my first point. What is God's Will? So what is God's will. How do you know the bible is God's will? All I see are individual books written by different people. The resolution assumes the existence of God and that we know his will through the bible. A better one would be: Every ill society suffers from is a direct result of disobedience to biblical principals. Every ill society suffers from is a direct result of disobedience to God's will as given in the bible. It should have been clarified in the first round that this argument is interpreting God's will by looking at the God as written in the bible and not assuming his existence. Lets take a few biblical commandments. If I can show them to be bad, then they produce ills if obeyed. Since at least some Christians are likely to obey them then obedience to these commandments produces ills. If that is true then disobedience to God cannot by the 100% complete explanation for these ills. Matthew 19 8 Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." So all ills resulting from all men who stay in a bad marriage when things would be better by leaving are an exception to your rule. One can interpret this verse to apply to women too because the reasoning he uses against male divorce also is true for female divorce. and the same ills would be true for women who stayed in a bad marriage. 1 Timothy 1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God"s name and our teaching may not be slandered. 2 Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves. All ills resulting from slaves who believed that they should not try to be free and should actually respect them is another exception. 1 Peter 3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God"s sight. 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. All ills resulting from such an imbalance of power between husbands and wives is another exception. Matthew 5 38 "You have heard that it was said, "Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth."[h] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. All ills resulting from not standing up for yourself and always letting people borrow from you also cannot be explained. 1 Corinthians 7 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. ... 29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; ... 36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[b] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin"this man also does the right thing. These verses advise that if you are single, don't marry if you are able to control yourself. If you are married it is best if you live as if you are single. That will create many problems for those who try to be life-long virgins. It will also create marital problems for people whose spouses have decided to live like they are single. Ills from work mistakes Ills resulting from actions that come from mistakes cannot all be attributable to the bible. Sometimes people make mistakes at their jobs even if they work hard.