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Debate Score:34
Arguments:22
Total Votes:59
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Has religion done more harm or good for humanity?

Harm

Side Score: 18
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Good

Side Score: 16

Superstition is the root of everything wrong with humanity. It's why humans subjectivize their reality more than any other species, it's why humans can be controlled by ideas and concepts (social constructs) and it's why humans form retarded beliefs instead of realizing when they don't know something and using reason and speculation.

Side: Harm
Kincam50 Disputed
1 point

Superstition is the root of everything wrong with humanity.

How so? I would rather say it's selfishness and hatred.

It's why humans subjectivize their reality more than any other species

But reality is subjective though. At least, everything we know about it is.

it's why humans can be controlled by ideas and concepts

But ideas and concepts are what make us smarter than everything else. Without those we'd just be animals.

it's why humans form retarded beliefs instead of realizing when they don't know something and using reason and speculation.

I get so worked up when you darn atheists say stuff like this. It's not like you actually know the answers to everything, our guess is as good as yours.

Side: Good
3 points

But reality is subjective though.

Are you some kind of idiot? Reality is objective. It is people who are subjective, hence why their experience of reality differs.

Side: Harm
1 point

Religion has done far more harm than good. The main reason for this is because tyrants have co-opted religion and used it to control the weak minded masses. Being religious brands you as a target for tyrants because you've already demonstrated that you've bought into a philosophy that no rational objective thinker would fall for, therefore the tyrant knows religious people are ripe for the plucking or you could say, they're sheep ready to be shorn. Here in the United States, tyrants have used the Republican party which has managed to brand itself as the party of Christianity and gets the Christians to march lock-step with them and push an agenda that works against the working class to which the vast majority of Christians belong. Christians happily screw themselves with every Republican vote.

Take Trumps tax cut for example. In a short couple of years the carrot on the end of the stick will disappear and then the HUGE PERMANENT tax cut for the rich kicks in. The taxes will still get paid but take a wild guess as to who will be paying the rich mans share from now on. SUCKERS!

Side: Harm
0 points

Hello DW:

It's not really a matter of black or white.. It's more a matter of what WAS and what IS.

There WAS a time when we NEEDED to gather together under one umbrella.. But, that was then, and this is now. Religion is old fashioned.. It doesn't bring us together.. It keeps us apart. Today, we NEED to come together.

excon

Side: Good
Fishystichy(9) Clarified
0 points

Religion is not old fashioned, as Islam, Judaism and Buddhism are still used to bring people together, however Christianity does not. It split multiple times and has harmed many.

Side: Harm
0 points

Probably because liberalism promoted Protestant teachings which devolved into degenerate liberal Christianity.

Side: Good

The religion of Marxism has caused the death of hundreds of millions, more than all other religions combined this century.

Side: Good
2 points

The religion of Marxism has caused the death of hundreds of millions, more than all other religions combined this century.

Marxism has caused precisely 0 deaths because Marxist countries don't exist.

Side: Harm
2 points

The religion of Marxism

But Marxism isn't a religion. It's an economic theory backed up by a large body of academic research.

Your false analogies just get more stupid with each passing moment of time.

Side: Harm
1 point

But Marxism isn't a religion

Sure it is. Marx prophecied. You believe, even without seeing.

Side: Good
-1 points

Religion provides us with a set of morals, is a unifying force in society, becomes a part of culture, and is necessary for social cohesion.

I am going to make this argument based on Christianity...

Christianity provides us with morality and guidance. Irreligion has often led to more degenerate forms of morality. Irreligion has resulted or been tied in with ideas such as eugenics, racialism, hedonism, materialism, LGBTQ+ ideology, sexual liberation, a breakdown of tradition, and so forth.

Christianity gives us a guide and ultimate meaning for life. Irreligious people tend to find life less purposeful m.

Christianity gives us extra motivation for keeping conduct. Irreligion would teach one that there would be no ultimate consequence for getting away with wrong doing, while Christianity classifies it as sin.

Moreover, the Catholic Church has been responsible for preserving education, arts, literature, and various civilizational contributions which came under threat after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Side: Good
2 points

Religion provides us with a set of morals

Do you mean like murdering homosexuals and impertinent children, as the Bible commands?

is a unifying force in society

Sure. It unifies people into mental illness and makes them much easier to manipulate and control.

becomes a part of culture

Usually by invading other cultures.

and is necessary for social cohesion.

Ahahahahaha! 82 percent of people in Sweden are not religious in any capacity, so that kind of takes a big shit on your ridiculous, stupid and false assertion that religion is "necessary for social cohesion".

You're a fucking idiot. Trust me.

Side: Harm