Religion is a force for Good!

Thank you and good luck to my opponentMy Opponents Apologies She Must Make:To the aborigonal peoples, who were conquored and enslaved due to Christianity in the Americas. To the African-Americans in the Americas, who Christianity justified to gain more followers into the faith. To every single sexually assaulted little boy due to the sexual repression preists are subjected too. To the silence the Jews endured during the holocaust by christians, and their killing by a christian (Hitler) the only Nazi ever excommunicated would be Josef Gobbels .. for marrying a protestant. The CrusadesThe Spanish Inquisition The Rwandan GenocideThe unjust persecution of Galalaeo Galili and Jan Hus And the discrimination women faced (and still face today) due to christianitySource: http://en.wikipedia.org...Notice in there there is no apology to atheists for killing them off? No apology to homosexuals and their discrimination faced over centuries? Seems disingenuous still. Counters: "Christianity is good because we have assurance as to where were going and have the privileged obligation to preach to the world the Gospel" The gospel is not always good, in fact it claims that anyone waering multiple fabrics is going to hell, that a woman who is raped must marry her rapist and the rapist must proceed to pay her father for damages, that not only does God have his way with you on earth, but even worse after death where the real fun beings; where you get to praise the Furher in a North Korean like fashion. But as Hitchens put's it, at least in North Korea you can die! That two unknowing victims of Satan (Adam and Eve) who lacked knowledge to enable themselves culpable to self-responsibility were literally punished by God when he fully well knew they would eaat the fruit due to their ignorance. Seems quite harsh, and downright cruel. " Most people involved in "religion" Christianity more directly are usually there to help others, offer their time to lend an ear and what have you.. It's good to have because of the faith in Christ and the promise of eternal life" I personally fail to see the good in this, again North Korea like praise after death? Furthermore, lets take one issue shall we? And lets examine how well the Chruch has done on this issue. Homosexuality and the "reform and rehabilitate" camps they have imposed to turning gay people "straight". A large body of psychologists actually agree these camps do far more psychological harm than good to the homosexuality community. And it's not just homosexuality, to be a christian, you have to believe that yes Aids is bad, but condoms are far more dangerous, and that although teenage pregnancy outside wedlock is a sin, that same teen who takes birthcontrol pills is a murderer for an act she may not have wanted to committ, or for a genuine mistake that this supposed "creator" who gave life enabled her to do in the first place! Absurd? I think so! Christianity is literally it's own worse enemy!Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org..."God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"- Christopher Hitchens " I truly believe if the world were Christians not just by name but life the world would be a way better place because people would know God, be reverential to Him and worship Him for who He is.. And be thankful for the saved life! :)" See appologies because history seems to have a major disagreement with you there ma'am! Even worse? It calls for a major bloody genocide, that anyone who does not agree with the beliefs of them is going to an eternal area of pain and torment when Christ returns. The idea of "God" was mean't to be coercive via fear-mongering, even Pascals Wager rests on the assumption of believeing in God out of fear of hell and that believeing in him is a "lesser evil". It rids people of their personal responsibility of their rapes, murders, etc... due to their repenting. But this does not unrape or unmurder someone, and by their own logic, a person who has never harmed someone like Christopher Hitchens versus someone like Jeffrey Dhamer is going to heaven, despite the disgusting acts he committed throughout his lifetime. I think we can all agree that Religion is not a force of good in the world today =)Thank you!