Exterminate religion.

OutlineI. IntroII. Religious tribalismIII. TotalitarianismIV. Praying instead of solving problemsV. Damaging to scienceVI. Religion diverts goodwillVII. Religion destroys personal responsibilityVIII. SourcesI. Intro I one for see religion as a dangerous parasite that should be exterminated. At very young ages, perhaps even before birth we are indoctrinated. [1]The reason I see religion as a parasite, is because all ideas are parasites.[2] Religion, seems like a particularly dangerous idea, thus a dangerous parasite. There isn't enough to attack every religion, so I will only spend time on the largest three religions. Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. All three have ridiculous double standards [3] within their religion texts. Animals for Christianity, no souls and God giving dominion over man which leads to the horrible treatment of animals. Islam has double standards for non-believers/infidels. Hinduism frowns upon gays. [4] This is just the tip of the iceberg. II. Religious tribalismOne of the main problems with religion is it promotes tribalism, this is so obvious I don't think this needs evidence to back it up unless my opponent deems it necessary. Impact, tribalism often leads to tensions, conflicts, and wars.III. TotalitarianismTwo of the three largest religions have you bow down to only one. Meaning an autocracy. We all have read history lessons on how bad totalitarianism is. IV. Praying instead of solving problemsThis solution would work well if we could be reasonably sure God existed. The problem is we aren't. Governments must rely upon science to judge people. Since God doesn't exist scientifically, praying is a sorry excuse for dereliction of duty. [5]This link isn't the only child who starved to death over religion. [6] V. Damaging to scienceThe average twelve year old can figure out that evolution and creationism contradict each other. Same goes for biblical history versus generic history. Yet, it is difficult to hold onto two contradictory ideas, one must take precedence over the other. If we continue to think the Earth is flat, about 6,000 years old, and other contradictory ideas to science, we will miss out on many scientific discoveries. VI. Religion diverts goodwillPeople seem to think all charities are religious. Yet, there is no reason it has to be this way. Money that would be given to people in need is instead given to religions to promote themselves. VII. Religion destroys personal responsibilityReligion teaches that all the events of your life are leading up to some great plan. Instead, of heading off problems, we are taught to pray, be pious, and let God take care of your problems. Yet, what about when events go terribly wrong? Do we blame ourselves? If yes, we blame ourselves for sinning as oppose to logic. So, instead of fixing the sour event, we pray for forgiveness for imaginary misdeeds. If no, we keep on trucking, not taking any responsibility that we may have brought the terrible event on ourselves. We didn't bring down the problem by annoying God, but by simple more answers like not paying attention, neglecting a problem, and so forth. Therefore, we repeat our mistakes not learning and blaming God for our problems. This seems especially important with global climate change. If we don't start acting right soon we are in serious trouble, at least in the world of science and evidence. Yet, in the religious world, who knows? Maybe God will save us or global climate change is caused by the mistreatment of cows. Yes, I talked to a Hindu and he believed global climate change was caused by sin, specifically the mistreatment of cows. Thanks in advance for accepting this debate. VIII. Sources1. http://www.webmd.com... 2. http://www.idea-sandbox.com...3. http://www.merriam-webster.com...4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com...5. http://atheism.about.com...6. http://www.dallasnews.com...