Religion can be both a constructive and destructive thing, depending on the religion.

The title of your argument is" Religion can be both a constructive and destructive thing, depending on the religion" Yes, that is a given. Religion is a set of beliefs that people follow that are suppose to enhance their life or whatever, some of them are violent, destructive and have no place in civilized society. Pro has decided instead of arguing against religion as a whole, rather he has made several statements in round 1 and 2 on how Christianity is bad, making this argument not about religion as a whole, but why Christianity is not productive in society. You bring up very points on why Christianity is repressive by bringing up several points, Abortion, Euthanasia,Homosexuality,and Transgender people Abortion is murder, when life starts at conception, when you kill the fetus you end a life. Euthanasia is suicide, when you decide that you want to end your life, you are playing God, you are quitting not hoping life gets any better- that is wrong. Homosexuality, is immoral behavior, when you believe that marriage is between a man and a women with the sole reason of having kids, anything other than that is wrong. Transgender-ism is playing God again, if you're a man and think you're a woman, you need counseling not sex change surgery. Those are some of the reasons Christians in general oppose all of those things. What needs to be acknowledged is that Christians hate the sin, but love the sinner and believe that their way is the right way and that giving into temptation needs to be fought off with faith. But in the grand scheme of society, how much does this all matter? Very little. The fact is the Christianity pushed the west to places far greater than the rest of the world. Christianity brings a level of morality that without, our society would be in a very bad place, we see in history regimes that embraced Christianity always came out ahead of those who did not. Christianity does more for the advancement of our society than any thing else. Look at India and Hinduism, absolute mess is that the type of society anyone would want to live in? Islam and the Middle East and most of Africa, talk about being repressed. Then you look at the West, Christianity and the highest standard of living in the world, the greatest place to live in the world that didn't happen by mistake it Christianity and her advancement of Education expanded growth in all sections of western society for hundreds of years, from the signing of the Magna Carta to Habeaus corpus to the United States Declaration of Independence and the constitution. Those are some of the most important documents of all time, all having a Christian backing to it, The Constitution of the United States couldn't be more Christian if you tried, allowing any body to practice their own religion with out punishment from the state is one of the most Christian articles ever written. Ironically, Christianity allows you to not be Christian it allows you to challenge her faith, not to follow her faith which is an example of free will, you mentioned Genesis 22:10 I have 3 things to say to that, you most have forgotten why Jesus was sent by God, to make Jews better Jews and to guide them to a better place also did you forget what the Old Testament is? The Old Testament is a summed down story and laws of 6000 years of Jewish migration through the Middle East. Lastly, have you been killed yet for worshiping another God? When was the last time a Christian killed someone for not being Christian? I cannot recall. Muslims did it the other day though. Christianity, will destroy its self helping these Muslim migrants, they have accepted millions of people that countries of their own religion wont! With open hearts and all they do in thanks is kill Christians? With out Christianity, we would not be having this conversation, either because no one set schools up so we do not have computers, I mean with out Christianity I doubt we would even be alive today. Christianity built Modern Civilization and will continue to help its advancement, through morality, education and Christ.