religion is false

To potential voters of this debate allow me to express that Pro should be penalized for bad grammar on both of his comments and that Pro didn't establish any ground rules for this debate. For the sake of argument, the religion of my choice is Christianity as revealed in the Holy Bible, inspired by God through the Holy Spirit, the same inspired Word of God taught by His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. With that being said, " I find no reason to believe religion is false. " According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, religion by definition means: The belief in a god or in a group of gods. A second definition states: religion is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods. We now have a clear understanding of what religion is and the evidence suggests that religion is a belief that is synonyms with faith, worship, and creed. False by definition means: not real or genuine: not true or accurate; especially: deliberately untrue: done or said to fool or deceive someone. If religion is false Pro must provide ironclad evidence against why men and women who gave up their lives and was martyred for standing firm for their religion. As Michael De Groote of Deseret News Published: A Christian get killed every 5 minutes for their faith. That they would give up their lives unto death for a belief they know within themselves is not true. Logic tells me, "If I'm deliberately trying to fool or deceive someone, I would not give my life up over it. From a pure secular perspective, religion or Christianity have changed the course of this world and society abroad and have had such a profound impact on our everyday lives the evidence is to overwhelming to ignore. The very years on our calendar was influenced by religion and the universal impact Jesus Christ made on this world. That according to Cullen Schippe and Chuck Stetson's Biblical textbook, "The Bible and its Influence," Which is the only First Amendment approved Biblical textbook taught in Public Schools across the United States suggests, for millions of people the Bible is seen as sacred scriptures. It is believed by many Jews and Christians to contain God's revelation-an inspired communication from the divine to the human. This scripture has been influencing people for thousands of years. That influence extends not only to the synagogue or to the church. It is felt in the language people speak. It is experienced, too, in much of the art, music, and literature of Western culture. The Bible has influenced law and politics as well. And in the United States, The Bible-its characters, narratives, teachings, and the like-have played an important roll in American history and culture. If your name is Joshua or David or Michael, Mary or Elizabeth or Sarah, Zeke or Deb or Sam or Sue, your name has its source in the Bible. If you have read William Golding's Lord of the Flies, John Steinbeck's East of Eden or John Milton's Paradise Lost, you have read works inspired in part or as a whole by the Bible. If you have watched Francis Ford Coppola's movie Apocalypse Now, or the film Chariots of Fire, you have experienced works whose titles come right from the Bible. In the movie, New Jack City Starring Wesley Snipes, on more than one occasion they quoted, " Am I my brother's keeper? " was taken straight out the Bible which was of course influenced by religion. Ladies and Gentlemen, theses are ironclad evidence of how religion particularly Christianity and the Bible has influenced our everyday lives in more ways than one and for anyone to suggest that religion is false, that religion have no impact or have not impacted many important aspects of our lives is either ignorant because they just don't know or willfully ignorant in choosing to refuse any evidence that conflicts with their worldview. I look forward to a spirited debate from Pro who must tear down the evidence of my opening statement and in doing so erecting better arguments of his own to replace them. Source: 1. . http://www.merriam-webster.com... 2. . http://www.merriam-webster.com... 3. . http://www.deseretnews.com... 4. . http://www.amazon.com...