I live in an age without religion. It was finally abolished not with a bang but with a whimper. For centuries, religious fundamentalism poisoned intelligent debate and discussion in the world, either through absolute control or via protest and demanding "fair hearing' when crackpot theories disagreed with established religious thought.
Slowly over time, the population of the world got smaller and smarter. Better nutrition and more equitable distribution of food caused people to be able to pursue education. Once this happened, religion began to die off all at once.
This isn't to say we don't still have problems. There are still land disputes, wars greedy psychopaths. But they no longer have a shield of blind faith to hide behind. Even though we struggle on to a brighter future, we at least have one less monkey on our backs.
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