[Objective]

I'd like to say the world would be a better place, and it probably would, but when I think about it I'm not entirely sure anymore. Why?

Because without religion what could people lean back on when life gets tough? People? Friends? Family? Some people don't have these things, but a common interest, or belief, brings people together and religion does indeniable work here. Would religion have been exchanged with something else? Perhaps. Power trips would definitely still be around, they'd most likely just find another way to justify their means of war to feed their powerhungry ideals.

Not to mention that religion itself sparked a lot of philosophical debates and gave room for people to question grand ideas and pull us forward in regards of this. In a way you could maybe even go as far as saying if it wasn't for religion we might not have seen greats such as Aristotle, Kant, Socrates and Plato as much as we do as the likes of them questioning these things skyrocketed curiosity and science when the world became more open minded and modern. Would they have pondered upon the meaning of life if religion wasn't around and life just... Life? One could wonder whether psychology would eventually delve into these things as well, but it might have taken longer time as there might have been slightly less demand for proof as it would ''make sense'', and math/science might not have been at the point it is today. There probably would be focus on eternity and physics, but would Newton sit under the tree and ponder upon the falling apple or not? Would he have taken a different path as the world would have been different and have different influences on what we consider/ed to be great thinkers in todays society? Would there be someone else in his place that people would have given more attention to instead as the entire mindset of the world population would have been different taken history into account. The whole world would have been different if religion was never part of this world.

I don't know, I'm not at home and just scribbled these thoughts down... I have to come back to this at a later notice and see if my words even hold any relevance at this point. Interesting subject nonetheless.