RE: Would we currently be at this point of civilization without religions?
October 27, 2015 at 10:55 pm
(September 19, 2015 at 5:26 pm)houseofcantor Wrote:(September 19, 2015 at 4:35 pm)strawberryBacteria Wrote: "If religions hadn't come to existence, our world would be in a much better state right now." pretty much equals to a theist arguing about the existence of their god without a scientifically proven empirical evidence to support it, right?
Yeah.
I don't think we're going to be at any point in civilization without some form of religion.
Disagree. Granted, religion played an integral role in leading us alone the particular path of civilization we took. But that's a little like deceit also played an integral role in leading us along the path of civilization we took. Yes, without religion, we would never arrive at the current point along the current path, much like if we were incapable of deceit we would also never be at the current point along the current path.
But that doesn't mean our current point is the only point that qualify as civilization, nor our path the only possible path to civilization.
