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I'll bet we would be better off in regards to science and likely the advancement of women and people of different color. Speculation of course.
As I have ALWAYS said, I think man is inherently good, we are taught to be otherwise, with the exception of those who have the misfortune of bad genetics or familial exposure.
Man is also born atheist, we are simply taught the religious flavor of the day dependent on where we are raised.
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This happens to be completely and utterly opposite of everything I believe about human nature but to each his own.
I believe we all have a bit of inherent misogeny, racism, selfishness, and great capacity for great good or evil depending on what your social construct of the day is. We all also possess deep yearning for understanding of the universe and a bigger in life purpose for our existence within us which often leads people to seek it out through religion.
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Originally Posted by Cheese
I think we all would...but Im sure you are well aware that when the argument, or discussion as you would have it, comes down to "FAITH" or "He Did It", it quickly falls apart from there. When your education on something is based simply on a book of fiction then you simply cannot have that type of discussion. Thats why everyone loves Textcritic, including myself, he can argue religion based on the history of it, knowing the foibles of current thinking.
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You are just selling the religious short. There are many more accomplished biblical scholars who are religious than otherwise. Likewise, even without the credentials, there are many religious people who have deeply examined their faith in the context of theology and history and science and have managed to reconcile them. I'd like to hear those points of views. There's no need for this condescending attitude. It is what always spoils these discussions.