Is Christianity A Good Moral System To Follow?

To get an idea of what a good moral system is. I will simply give some things I would consider to be a good one.
 

• Doesn't exclude people and stating they will go to hell 
  
• Tries to condemn wrongs in order for change to occur to make people's live better
  
• Advocate for equality so that people are treated fairly
  

Basically what I am going at is it tries to make people happy.
 
I'll stick to that. This might not seem like a lot but it is enough in my book to consider Christianity a bad moral system to follow.
 
Homosexuality
 
Homosexuality: is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.
 
Homosexuality is condemned in the Bible. I don't think I need to show Bible quotes to show this but I will. I will also mention saying homosexuality is a sin is you pretty much saying if they carry on with their lifestyle they will go to hell. So basically a Christian has openly allowed their God to punish gays in hellfire for eternity for something that could've only occurred for 40 years. The hyperlink I added before this specifically talks about gays being sentenced to an eternal fire.
 
Romans 1:26-27:  Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity.
 
This was a punishment from God for people worshiping idols over it. Bearing in mind it was God who gave these people the power to change their minds. If God gave them the power, why is God punishing them for something God created? If God was all-loving, then why would God allow for his creations to suffer? This clearly doesn’t make sense because God in other quotes has stated that it is all-loving but if we look at real world example of what people who love you do; it isn’t punish you for misdeeds in such an extreme way.
 
One example that would go in the favor of my opponent would be prison but that is minute compared to the punishment God has given. Given that you are put on trial and are being told your punishment whereas God couldn’t even muster up anything to tell you the punishment before you are dealt it. The other cases which definitely help my case is with the parent taking care of a child. A good parent when a child does wrong explains to them why they did wrong and help make an environment which reduces the chances they will do bad. If God was a parent it would be a bad one.
 
This not even talking about the observation of gay people. It is more likely that gay people have it ingrained in them then they choose to be gay. This is because when I am aroused I don’t choose to be aroused. It is a cause of me looking at something I find pleasing. I did choose to look at that something but didn’t choose to have that reaction. If this is true then gay people must also feel the same way. With this in mind God made a punishment that isn’t based on choice instead of a person simply pleasing their desires. This is clearly unfair because people can’t choose to not like what they like sexually and God will punish them for not having a choice in it. The punishment is eternal hellfire for something that could’ve gone for about 40-80 years.
 
Given that a good moral system is implied to be followed by everyone. If this was implemented in the US 3.5 percent of the population in 2011 are gay, lesbian or bisexual.
 
Slavery
 
Slavery is never really stated whether it is allowed or not. It does state how to treat your slaves. This to me means slavery is an assumption of Christianity and they are building upon that foundation.

Those who are under the yoke of slavery must regard their masters as worthy of full respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not suffer abuse. Those whose masters are believers must not take advantage of them because they are brothers but must give better service because those who will profit from their work are believers and are beloved.
 
Slavery is bad because you are using human property as you wish. This goes against social norms of the US. Partly due to the law and partly due to people in the US’s perspective. I don’t think this point is going to be contested so I’ll leave it with that.
 
If you agree slavery is bad, then it would follow you would agree with people who own slaves are bad people. This is due to in order for someone to be human property it would require someone to own it. Without someone owning human property they are not slaves.
 
Slavery is not condemned anywhere in the Bible instead the Bible gives rules to people to how to treat slaves. It is like me saying I am not going to talk about how bad nuclear bombs are I am just telling you how to use them in a good way. Basically telling you how to use something bad in a good way. Bearing in mind no matter how good you treat the bad it is still a bad thing.

 
Women
 
I left the best for last. If it wasn’t clear already that Christianity is not good moral system as in attempts to make people happy then these quotes would be enlightening. Freedom can lead to happiness and given the lack of freedom women are given, women would have to find happiness in control which I don’t think is fair given men are not held to the same standard.
 
1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.
 
1 Timothy 2:11-12
A woman must receive instruction silently and under complete control. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet.
 
Colossians 3:18
Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord

women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says. But if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. For it is improper for a woman to speak in the church.
 
Women are close to half the population. In order for half the population to be happy we should at least treat them the same as the other half. Christianity doesn’t do that instead relegate women to lack of a better term to second class citizens. Not worthy have the same rules applied to them instead applied different rules to be submissive to the other half of the population. This is bad because without equality there is unjust rulings which lead to frictions and can lead to huge civil unrest. More people involved more unrest can occur. This is bad since in order for a civilized society to be civil it would require to reduce unrest and make sure people can live with each other instead of being infuriating with one another.
 
Given that a good moral system is implied to be followed by everyone. If this was implemented across the world 49.5%of the population will be treated differently than the remaining number.
 
If people don’t realize already I didn’t speak about the Old Testament. GuitarSlinger is perfectly fine to use it. It does state “the Old Testament will be used” in the description of the debate but if GuitarSlinger does use it then I would also be forced to talk about it given I need to rebut them for my argument. My other reason is time constraints. 

1.       Christianity is about following Jesus Christ, not a book.  Christ formed his Church on earth.  The Bible, as we know it, did not “come into being” until a few centuries later.  Thus, Christianity was in place before the Bible. As Acts chapter 11 points out, it was in Antioch that the Apostles were first called “Christians”:
 
Acts 11:26 “ For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.”
 
2.       Followers (disciples) of Jesus Christ are called to imitate Him, His life and example (see Matthew 16:24)
 
3.       Before you follow someone and attempt to imitate them, you must first learn about them—what they did, said, and/or taught.   Jerome said “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”  Here’s what Christ  said and did:
 
He resisted temptation - Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13
He helped others - Matthew 4:23, Mark 1:29-34, 2:1-12, Mark 5:1-43, Mark 7:31-37, Luke 4:38-41, Luke 5:12-26, Luke 6-17-19, Luke 7:1-17, Luke 8:40-56, John 2:1-11, John 9:1-7
He taught about how to handle anger appropriately (Matthew 5:21-26)
He taught not to objectify women (Matthew 5:27-30)
He taught we should keep promises (Matthew 5:33-37)
He taught not to retaliate or seek revenge (Matthew 5:38-42)
He taught to love others, including enemies - Matthew 5:43-47, Luke 6:27-36
Challenged everyone to be the best version of themselves (Matthew 5:48)
Taught about how to judge others - Matthew 7:1-5, Luke 6:37-42
Summed how to treat others in one simple golden rule (Matthew 7:12)
He helped people who were sick (Matthew 8:1-22, 9:1-8, 27-31, 32-34)
He remained calm and collected while others were panicking- Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25
Encouraged his follows to be strong in the midst of tribulation and difficulties– Matthew 10:26-33, 16:24, Mark 13:9-13
Encouraged those who were burdened with work and labor to see help from him – Matthew 11:28
Did his very best to serve and feed those who were less fortunate and hungry – Matthew 14:13-21, 15:32-39, Mark 6:34-44, Mark8:1-10, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-13
Challenged and chastised hypocrites – Matthew 15:1-9, 23:1-39
Encouraged others not to do bad things, or cause other people to do bad things – Matthew 18:6-9, Mark 9:42-48, Luke 17:1-4
Taught others that owning money and material things isn’t what life is all about  – Matthew 19:16-21, Mark 10:17-23, Luke 12:15
Taught us to love and serve other people – Matthew 22:39, Mark 9:33-37, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:29-37, Luke 15:1-32, John 13:1-15, 34-35
Endured great pain with courage and fortitude – Matthew 26: 36-46, Mark 14:32-42, Luke 22:39-46, Luke 23:26-32
Encouraged non-violence – Matthew 26: 51-52
Did not retaliate or seek revenge beaten or insulted or humiliated– Matthew 26: 59-68, 27:27-31, Mark 14:53-61, Mark 15:16-20
He was obedient to his parents – Luke 2:51
Taught to forgive others – Luke 7:36-50; John 8:1-11
Encouraged others to be humble – Luke 9:48
Fostered friendship with everyone – Luke 19:1-10, John 4:4-42
 
Christianity is about following Jesus Christ and doing your best to imitate his life—his example and what he did.  The above are just examples of how he lived his life, and if we measure our actions against HIS, it sets an Excellent Moral Standard. 

I thank GuitarSlinger for responding.

The sourcing is really bad so I will just lay out the quotes that you didn't nor did you explain them.

Matthew 4:11:  Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

This is under the same section but a different part of the link I provided earlier which I will provide here as well under Ministering to a Great Multitude. It basically states Jesus went around professing the word of God and healing people. A lot of people went to him and he cured all of them. The problem here is that nothing in this section states how to cure people instead Jesus uses his God powers to cure everyone. If his God powers can cure pretty much anyone why can't he simply duplicate himself and be everywhere across the world or have some sort of teleportation to go to everyone in need? The feat of power would alone show he is out of this world and should be enough for people to accept him but he didn't. Instead he simply waited for people to come in Syria which is only one country. So basically Christianity is a bad moral system because it doesn't show how Jesus cured them so it isn't repeatable nor does it state why Jesus didn't just go around everywhere to save people since from what was stated he was able to cure lunatics which I don't think today modern day doctors can completely cure bearing in mind doctors today have much better equipment. 

Matthew 5:21: “You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment."

This is basically a section here. Teaching about anger under the section Teaching About Anger. This verse shows it doesn't state how to handle anger appropriately instead say if you don't handle anger you will go to fiery and Gehenna and some awful version of the American judicial system.  "But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna." This clearly doesn't state how to handle anger instead states you will be punished for being being angry at your brother. Doesn't state whether there is justifiable anger or how to handle with it so my opponent is making a false claim about a quote unless of course punishing someone is handling anger. I would like to hear him say it before I decide to argue that point. This quote: "Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison." states if you are angry at the court you have basically lost the case. The most simple reason that can be used is that because you are angry you will lose the case and be sent to prison. This of course doesn't make any sense because I can be completely furious in a court case but if I have the evidence and a good judge interpreting a fair rules fairly then I win. This of course does go against American judicial system because your conduct doesn't result in a person losing a case instead would just show how heated you are but can lead to some sort of sentencing that wouldn't be specifically about the court case in hand. This goes to show again Christianity is a bad moral system to follow because it doesn't know how a court case works and thinks punishment leads to people knowing how to handle anger.

Matthew 5:27: “You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery."

This section here is about adultery under the Teaching About Adultery part. This basically states don't cheat on your significant other. Don't think of another women in a pleasing way and completely remove your eyes if you are pleased by a look of a women while also removing your masturbation hand if you decide masturbate. This is ludicrous because if this system was followed every single man would be blind and without hands. Even though not looking at the women with lust is a form of objectification if it is done in a pleasant way by having no one harmed then it should be okay. Even though this is the only point which I consider to be my opponent to be correct on the other verses around this said quote just goes to show how barbaric their practices and distinct to the modern day Christianity even though they supposedly are following in the teachings of Jesus. 

I think I have clearly laid out how Christianity is a bad moral system to follow by simply reading out the verses my opponent chose while also adding in commentary. I am leaving it here because I don't have the time nor do I think my point to come across is required to rebut all claims provided because my opponent simply listed out claims without explaining them. I on the other hand had less claims while also have 300% more explanations. Sorry about my time constraints while also not rebutting the other verses are required to bolster my point.

Over to you GuitarSlinger

Will play Devil's Advocate here.  

In short, my opponent has done nothing to show that his interpretations of said passages are actually what Jesus Christ taught and/or what Christianity teaches. 

His critique of Mathew 4:11

His critique of Mathew 4:23

His critique of Matthew 5:21

His critique of Matthew 5:27  

In closing, my opponent has not shown that what he explains or describes are actually what Jesus Christ taught or what Christianity teaches.  Of all the Bible passages he cites, only one makes reference to Jesus Christ.  His failure to show that this is indeed exactly what Jesus Christ and/or Christianity teaches leads us to believe that this is simply his understanding of what Jesus Christ taught.  Not knowing my opponents depth of knowledge, I'm reluctant to believe, and you should be too, that HIS interpretation or understanding Jesus Christ, the Bible, and/or Christianity is true.  Many people have parsed "Mein Kampf", cherry picked sentences here and there, in order to promote the idea that Hitler "wasn't so bad".  Likewise, my opponent cherry picks passages in order to support his belief that Christianity is "bad"

To summarize I think I have done enough and rebuttals still stand because of my opponents forfeit.

Thanks to GuitarSlinger for participating. Shame about the forfeit.

Over to the voting period.