The Church uses fear to gain believers and has no evidence of it's doctrines

May I remind my opponent that the redefinition from the second speaker is to show the opponent exactly what is being debated, not to create an opportunity of directly attacking the opponent. I agree with this definition. Firstly, I would like point out some flaws in my opposition's arguments. My opposition says that Historians of the Mediterranean do not know of Jesus and outright accuses me of lying. I am not lying. There was, in fact, Jesus. Roman artifacts themselves show evidence of Jesus. Is that not evidence enough? Secondly, I would like to point out my oppositions conduct. This is not a website for insulting. You may not agree with the beliefs of the Church, but that does not mean that you can insult it. And thirdly, you say that we should loose Christian values. So, you're saying that we should stop Charity, because that is a Christian Value, and let the people In Third World countries starve? So even though it helps people, because it is Christian, it should be gone. Now for my argument. You seem to think that the Church uses hell as a fear tactic in order to gain supporters. I shall argue that this is not the case. this is incorrect because you don't need to be a Christian in order to go to Heaven, according to the Church, you just need to be a good person. how can you say I don't know right from wrong? I could just as easily say that to you. Is building schools and doing Charity work wrong? Is that not good enough? Also, even though hell is a dark place, constantly, the Church refers to it's destruction by good. How can hell be a scare tactic when there is a way to beat it? And, by the way, where did you get such teachings of rape and such? Open your eyes, the Church has changed. It is one of the laws of the Church to change according to the time, so although you think such things, the Church HAS CHANGED. Now it is known that rape is wrong. And I do not see how my miss-definition of evidence is proof. How is believing in God a mistake? Believing in God has led us to values such as Charity and helping others. I do not see how it is a mistake. you also question whether human treachery is the work of God. I agree with you that it isn't, but I disagree with you on the point that this leads to there being no God. And you questioned my logic. It is clearly shown in Genesis that God gave man free will, for if He created us to control us, this would go against all morals. It was because of man's free will that we have such traits. It is a viable argument to say that may Jesus the man was making things up. You know what, maybe he did, but this "made-up-religion" has led to so much good in the world, such as Charity, Education, the list continues. If the Church was so bad as you make it out to be, then why does it have so many missions? Man's free will can, notice CAN, choose evil, but many will NOT. This has led to so many advances. You also speak of the Church in general, so let me tell you this. When the Catholic Church became corrupt, the Lutherans split off and became their own religion in order to stay away from this corruption. Firstly, if they don't know wrong from right, then how did they know of corruption, and secondly, if they were so bad as you make them out to be and generalize them with other Churches, would they not have stayed and joined in on the corruption? Yes they would have, but the fact stands that they didn't. To summarize, there is evidence of a living man named Jesus. Whether you choose to accept i is your decision, but many people's decision is to follow the Church, and this is not because of some scare tactic. This is because the Church does so much good in the World.