Religion is a force for Good!

Crimes Committed By Religion:My opponent claims that to be a Christian, one must uphold the "Thou shall not kill" amendment, and because the examples I have shown violate this, that somehow they were not real christians. The problem with this? My opponent drops the folowing completely: That anti-semitism was a doctrine in contradiction of this up until the 1960's. But don't just take my word for it, check out the following:" Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel." (Deuteronomy 17:12) " You should not let a sorceress live." (Exodus 22:17) "If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13) " Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death." (Exodus 21:15) A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9)Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19) Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19) But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 22:20) Case and point, they are in fact following the Bible, if so much as one person in a village worships the "wrong" God, they are compelled to kill the whole village! They literally are following the bible. Adam and Eve:My opponent commits an abuctum ad absurdum. No I never claimed all criminals are innocent, but rather that only Adam and Eve were. The simply couldn't have had the knowledge to intentionally commit the crime. Espescially when temped by someone like Lucifer, for doing nothing more than giving you and me the ability to critically analyse what we're given. Seems to me logically that satan is more "good" than God in this story as he gives us the ability to think! Hell:"If were going to hell it's because it's what we deserve" But this is simply question begging. How do you know you deserve it? Did God write the bible? If not, how can we trust that the people who actually did write it were actually speaking on behalf of God and not for their own delusions? You have no idea, and what you think you should go to hell for and what I think are two completely differing values. If you even so much as think wrongly about God, your off to hell, which ought to be nonsense! It's thoughtcrime! Why are so many Christians going to be with him? Again, question begging, because neither you nor I can prove God exists or not, but rather if it is good or not. And as I have shown, has exercised a monopoly on knowledge and law, until their crimes against humanity were exposed and now it appears to us with a smiling face, but is this justification to forget their previous greviances? As an atheist, I think not. Not when someone like me years ago would have been put to death for my beliefs!In conclusion:I have shown that not only is Religion terrible for the world, but that the people committing those crimes were following the bible, and that if it were true, it would be an aweful world! My opponent drops several of my arguments, and committs several acts of scapegoating upon others. The problem is with a literalist interpretation of the bible, they were not somehow acting against God, but in his wishes in accordance with the bible. Thank you for the debate, my opponent next round can only post a goodbye of her choosing. I've had fun!please vote for me :DBest of luck to all!