Vic Smith wrote in
:

The problem in imagining a religionless history is considering how
much worse such a history would be.
Leaving aside religions' excesses - and there is every reason to
suppose those excesses would be greater without the constraints of
religion-imposed "morality"- what motivations toward "good" can you
point to that are not sourced in the tenets of a religion?
You can't.
There is no profit in bemoaning history. We are its final product.
History is best used to refine our movement forward.


Where would man be today if we hadn't poured most of the world's wealth
into the religious class for 2000 years?

Where would we be if humans weren't following horrible superstitions and
murdering any scientist who dared point out reality and done unfettered
research to solve things like the plagues of the Dark Ages, instead of
burning them at the stake.

Sorry...bemoaning history keeps us from repeating these atrocities....

How much money will be wasted on religious superstitions this year, alone,
that could be used to feed our starving children religious zealots don't
seem to give a **** about? Chew on that one laying in bed tonight....