Debate: Is Christianity a healthy thing to believe in?
Side: no it isn't

"Ha those "unsavory" teachings are form the Old Testament Christianity focuses on the New Testament. So they are irrelevant though I do love to read about the battle scenes they are really exciting. And their have been unchristian popes like those who had connections to the Borges. As for the child abuse scandal the Vatican is working to resolve this. And the Catholic Church is hardly to Blame if some of its followers take some aspects of its teachings to far that's the individuals fault not the religions."In response to warrior's comment. . .Denying the OT, are we? Let me present other quotes:“For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:18-19 RSV)  "It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." (Luke 16:17 NAB) "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB) "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness..." (2 Timothy 3:16 NAB)"Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation, for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy Spirit spoke under the influence of God." (2 Peter 20-21 NAB)As for the Borgias, the fact is that they were in a position of religious power and they used this religious influence to justify acts of rape, incest, poisioning, etc. They used the Catholic Church as a conduit for their crimes.The Catholic Church does not care about the children who were abused. They care about maintaining a reputation that they do not deserve. Father Gerald Fitzgerald's constant attempts to defrock abusive preists were not only ignred but criticised; he lost control of The Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete, which he founded. Manuel D. Moreno, a bishop, sent a letter to future Pope Ratizinger asking him to defrock two local church sex offenders. The letter was ignored and it took seven years to defrock them. It took until 2012 for Monsignor William Lynn to become the first church offical to be convincted for his part in the cover-up. The most damning evidence can be found in the 1962 document Crimen sollicitationis, which gave advice on convicting paedophile, zoophile and homosexual church members. Here is Section 11:As, assuredly, what must be mainly taken care of and complied with in handling these trials is that they be managed with maximum confidentiality and after the verdict is declared and put into effect never be mentioned again (20 February 1867 Instruction of the Holy Office, 14), each and every person, who in any way belongs to the tribunal or is given knowledge of the matter because of their office, is obliged to keep inviolate the strictest secrecy (what is commonly called "the secrecy of the Holy Office") in all things and with all persons, under pain of automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication, incurred ipso facto without need of any declaration other than the present one, and reserved to the Supreme Pontiff in person alone, excluding even the Apostolic Penitentiary.Function A goes on to state:… I do promise, vow and swear that I will maintain inviolate secrecy about each and every thing brought to my knowledge in the performance of my aforesaid function, excepting only what may happen to be lawfully published when this process is concluded and put into effect … and that I will never directly or indirectly, by gesture, word, writing or in any other way, and under any pretext, even that of a greater good or of a highly urgent and serious reason, do anything against this fidelity to secrecy, unless special permission or dispensation is expressly granted to me by the Supreme Pontiff.A 2006 BBc documentry entitled Sex Crimes and the Vatican confirmed that sex abuse cases were reported to the Vatican instead of civil authorites.Again, I am not arguing that the Catholic Church is entirely to blame. I am merely arguing that Christianity can be used as a convinent xylem to justify abhorrant acts. Take, for example, the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Both the PIRA and the UDA had extremist religious views and this influenced their abhorrant acts. In many ways, the Trobles were more religious war than anything else.