religion (be it Christianity, Islam or Judaism) is immoral

I see how we are talking about religion shoved down our throat--not that it goes along with the topic, morality--but I am going to mostly defend Christianity. I don't know what you mean by Medieval Europe. But I agree about Mormon fundamentalists, since it's actually PART of their religion to go door-to-door and do some sort of missionary work (whether on bicycles or foot); the Islamic Khilafa does not publically announce a lot to the general public about their beliefs [argue if you think otherwise]. Here are a few sites which slightly explain each religions you think are getting "shoved down our throats. " . http://www.themuslimtimes.org... . http://www.britannica.com... About Ken Ham, though, I don't want to hear these sentences coming from the same mouth: "science classes for children. .. a song where its lyrics include 'Bible. ..100% true. .. " and you also saying, "Evolutionists don't claim that their theory is 100% true" (paraphrasing). That's the thing. Every Evolutionist I've seen or met has said WITHOUT DOUBT that there aren't a lot of contradictions with Evolution and it is completely true. Don't complain about how Creationism is being pronounced true, when Evolution is doing the same thing! In textbooks and even on little TV shows--shows on PBS Kids where paleontologists say, straight out, that the world is billions of years old. Evolutionism takes the same amount of faith as Creationism to believe it, and while I do admit Creationism is part of a religion, I also think IT should have the same rights for proclamation as Evolution does. Getting off topic here, though! My opponent: "They believe each others God to be heretical- in other words, my imaginary godfather (excuse the pun) is better than yours. Notice I said religion as in both Christianity, Islam and Judaism, because every religion thinks theirs is the true God. " Well, I am arguing that Christianity is most (1) scientific, (2) logical, (3) moral. (1) Christianity's "holy book," the Bible, is accurate in many historically observational AND scientific ways, including the way each book in the Bible -tells the story of the life in that time period (journalism) -tells praises in form of song and poetry to God -has historical letters from that time (i. e. Eph. , Rom. , etc. ) -prophesies FORETOLD and HAPPENING . http://www.therefinersfire.org... . http://www.reasons.org... -scientific claims made before any of it was discovered/invented/figured out (2) Christianity is the most logical, and unique, because of it's salvation. No other religion has the same way to get to an eternal after-life (such as heaven) and the Christian God makes more sense than the others. Take for example His emotions, explained to us through the Bible, how he loves all his creations but hates those who do evil [see site]. . http://www.gotquestions.org... We are ALL sinners and it is impossible to live on this earth doing everything perfectly. So, unlike all the other religions moral ideals, the Bible says you have to trust and believe in you heart that Jesus is Lord and you will never get to God by doing good works. This doesn't mean salvation is IMMORAL, it just means to GET saved you don't have to/can't be moral. (3) To further explain why Christianity is moral, the Bible shows that Jesus, 2-3,000 years ago, taught the Experts on the Torah which of the commandments in the Law is the most important [or greatest]. See Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18. But it goes something like this: the expert asks Jesus the question and He replies, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. The second is this: love your neighbor as yourself. " Is this, (love), not the most powerful weapon to use against/for anybody? Is this not the best and most important moral in life? Many learn that when you are with someone who loves you, you should love them too (and express it). If somebody treats you badly, many also learn that the best way to end the fight or conflict, is to love. There are many ways to love and some people think they should only love family, and/or friends, but the Bible tells us to love 'your neighbor. ' That means love ANYONE that passes your way. (By the way I'm not talking about the "marriage" type of love between two genders, just LOVE in general to show KINDNESS. .. !) In fact ALL the commandments are about loving God and others, respecting God and others, and not hurting others, etc. Other verses concerning love; forgiveness; morals: Matthew 5:38, Matthew 5:9, Matthew 5:19 Luke 6:27-30, Luke 21:14-15. I don't know what your definition of morals is but Christianity/the Bible shows us a lot of ways we should be moral in life. Islam and Judaism do not have that kind of morality. Begging the question and totalitarianism are completely different things, I don't know how they came up in the same paragraph. Why would we discuss the moralities of a Book you can't assume JUST ONCE that's true? This debate doesn't work if you aren't ready for me to use the words in the Bible as Christianity's foundation for morality. "This is the problem with religion and the supposedly 'secular' totalitarian doctrines- 'this is the absolute truth because the book said so'. In a way, this statement works because what is said in the Bible is proven true: historically, observably, and scientifically. So how couldn't it be the absolute truth because what is said in the book is true? "Also, if I say to you, 'I'll kill your son if you don't believe this. .. ' - I have given advanced warning but should the act be carried out it is still murder, with or without warning. " Is this about the morality of God, of the people 2,000 years ago, or about the morals of modern day Christians using the Bible? It seems like you've been focused on the first two options most of all. But to rebut your scenario, take Kermit Gosnell, America's biggest serial killer. .. or guilty people like him. Should he have been life-sentenced? Killed. .. ? Now, given all the adjectives and ways the Bible describes the Christian God, He is all-knowing. (You can assume that since we are arguing the morality of Christianity. ) Would we obey the Ultimate Judge (God), or our selfish, tiny pea-brain instincts which don't know the future? The children of Pharaoh, murdered by the Death Angel were not guilty of doing anything. But the Pharaoh was punished severely BY losing his first-born. The Bible says God righteously judges us of our sins and gives mercy to those who are innocent. What do you think Christ would do: send the children to Hell? The first-borns died a painful life, taken away by death, but if all this was true God WOULD NOT punish the kids any more, not according to the Bible! yeah--we blame God for taking the life of innocent children when abortion is legal. .. but. .. that's another topic :) North Korea is what you call totalitarianism. Kim Il Sung and the Authorities of NK are the type of people you'd call control freaks. "North Korean must live in accordance to the 'Juche spirit'- it is the absolute truth in North Korea- the truth is whatever the party wants them to say and believe. " There is no religious freedom, and the story of who created the earth, Kim Il Sung's birthday, was all made and publically pronounced "truth" as a way to support the highness of Sung. After all, the party wants them to say and believe anything they say, the people believe it or they are FORCED to. You say Kim Il Sung was ". .. once a Christian who knew the miracles of the Bible- he was very meticulous and cunning in exploiting the pre-existing Christian superstition as well as imported Japanese emperor worship to control the people. " So basically he copied the Christian ideas and forced everyone to believe that HE was god.