Christianity teaches good morals and should be present in school

Christianity teaches many good morals, among which are, turn the other cheek, love thy neighbour, be thankful for what you have, and be generous. The bible was removed from schools due to some sexual content, which is understandable but I believe that it should be not only available to students but taught in some classes such as history. The book has nothing truly explicit and health class teaches of sex anyhow so they are already being exposed.  There is additionally no true downside to teaching it, I believe it will help students in their day to day lives to be better people and even atheist students will benefit  having a better understanding of the bible so they can truly make up their own opinions on it.

Christianity itself is a lie. We shouldnt teach lies.

Christianity says that God is completely good. 

Thats a lie.

I see you brought up many good points as to why god doesn’t exist, most of which are based on the idea that a good god wouldn’t allow evil. I will attempt to help explain these occurrences.

I would also like to clarify that as I have said regardless of if it’s real or not, it will still benefit students in numerous ways through the good lessons and morals.

You talk about how god is supposedly all good and as such our world should be less evil. He should of created a better world, and although he certainly could of he purposely chose not to.

The reason for this is because god loves us and he wanted us to be able to love him the same way. He could of made us without sin, made us perfect but that would cause us to lose our free will.

    God did not want us to be his puppets, he wanted us to be free to our own choice because forcefully making us love him and be good is not truly being good and loving. 

Due to our ability to choose our own paths and be whoever we want to be, humans all have sin deep inside of them. It is an unavoidable fact. So when the Snake (the devil) spoke to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden telling them to eat the apple, they couldn’t help themselves. The devil preyed on their natural yearn to break rules, and this event; Adam and Eve eating the apple resulted in the sin we see in our world. The lord released sin and evil upon the world.

Many say that this is completely unfair since all they did was eat an apple right? Well the reason god acted so harshly was due to the fact that The Garden of Eden along with Heaven itself are holy places such as the lord, they are free of sin and evil. So Adam and Eve sinning was unholy and due to them committing a sin in a holy area they had to be punished. They were forced to roam the earth where sin now lived and prospered.

You mentioned how Christianity is the most violent religion which true or not it is not the religion that causes this violence it is the people who follow it. The bible is about peace and love, but a big part of the bible is being able to interpret it in different ways. As Sir Ian McKellen said “As long as there has been one true god there has been killing in his name”.

This is because people are passionate about their religions and they will go to war to defend its good name. It is simply unfair to blame Christianity as a religion for these issues though.

It’s no different then racism which can be defined as “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group” this definition very clearly mirrors the way you blame Christianity for the acts that it’s followers have committed.

In an age where we are trying to teach kids more about the people and world around them such as introducing LGBTQ classes and teaching about diversity I believe that it is unfair for Christianity to be left out of this. It is on of the most influential and followed religions in the entire world and as such should be taught about in schools rather then ignored and censored.

The morals and ideals taught in the bible match perfectly with the rules and how students are expected to act.

Schools main rules are, be respectful, treat others how you want to be treated, be generous and don’t lie or cheat. These all match with the main messages in the bible: 

Respect:

“And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.”

Never lie:

The Bible will benefit all students religious or not in teaching them about the history and better understanding their classmates as well as helping students be better people.

Thank you, you were fun. Short debate, but rather good.