Christianity has been used more for evil than good

I also would apologize to my opponent, as I thought this debate would have less tangible points with facts to support it, instead of making points from the facts. I believe there was a misunderstanding with the “respond quickly”, I was hoping that more points would be brought up in future rounds to have more clash and debating. 84% of Americans prayed last week Even if only 76% of Americans are Christian or Catholic, that does not mean that atheists, Mormon’s, or other people cannot pray. Furthermore, my source has tracked prayer rates since 1993, so that is likely the difference. The fact that Christianity can be interpreted differently allows it to be interpreted in evil ways. It also allows Christianity to be interpreted in good ways. Plus, the purpose of this point was to establish that many biblical verses will not have relevance in this debate because of differences in interpretation. This point really renders my opponent’s biblical quotes irrelevant, as many people will not take the Bible at face value, because if you do it is contradictory. ARGUMENTS WITH THE VATICAN AND BIBLICAL VERSES My opponent has yet to prove Christianity has been used for evil. All he has shown you is that evil people who wanted more RICHES committed these things. None of these were committed because of Christianity; the Christian faith was merely more of a side note, not the driving cause. For example, Mao Zedong was an atheist. [1] He committed the worst genocide in history, killing 34 – 63 million people. [2] Therefore, has atheism been used for evil more than good? No it hasn’t, atheism WAS NOT THE REASON why these atrocities were committed, the fact that Mao was an atheist and some of his actions were based of his atheistic beliefs does not mean that atheist has been used for evil. The same goes with Christianity. As my opponent has very clearly stated, Christianity was an excuse to obtain riches for the church. Thus, the arguments regarding how the Church committed evil acts is not relevant to this debate, as Christianity was not the driving factor and therefore was not used for evil. The Pope’s greed, was the source of this evil, not Christianity. My opponent has yet to prove that any evil action taken yet was DIRECTLY caused by Christian beliefs. HITLER AND CHRISTIANITY Once again, my opponent has yet to prove that the Holocaust was committed because of Hitler’s Christianity. However, this is not the case as the Holocaust was committed because Germany was very anti-Semitic leading up WW2. Hitler didn’t need Christianity to incite Germany to exterminate Jewish people. My opponent has had a lot of facts, but not many of them extremely relevant to the debate. His facts have more been used to show how Christianity was used as excuses throughout history, yet he has ignored the fact that Christianity was not used for evil, merely the Pope was evil and he used his position of power for evil. In order to prove that Christianity has been used for more evil than good, he must prove that certain wars or events were primarily caused because of Christianity. I look forward to my opponent’s response! SOURCES: . http://www.conservapedia.com... . http://justontop.blogspot.ca...