Religion is NOT an inseparable part of every successful culture. It is a vestigial part of our society and brave honest men should try to remove it and replace it with something else. Religion reminds me of a military dictatorship which has to hold on – because if they don’t they will be tried by the people who have been injured by it. Look at our current culture in the US. What part of the country is religious? Is La Jolla still intact because of religion? There are so many sects and so many non-believers that I beg to differ.
Cyphire,
My point is that religion is so intertwined in society that you can’t separate it out. Please answer one question: without religion, why is it “wrong” to kill your next door neighbor so you can drive his BMW? Is it just uneconomical? Or is the legal prohibition of murder religious law enforced through secular means?
In this sense, La Jolla is incredibly religious. The BMW’s driven by a bunch of retirees are certainly ripe for the picking by any fool with a crowbar…
As for different religions, most religions are so similar at their core that, for the benefit of society, it doesn’t matter what religion people actually are, it just matters that they are religious.
