I’m not sure I agree. Yes religion has been causing people to kill each other for a very long time, but keep in mind for a lot of human history John and Micheal just never geographically came anywhere near Achmed or Peter, so it was a moot point.
That’s probably a good data point for when religion maybe overstayed it’s usefulness, and possibly also means that in some places, religion would do more harm than good sooner than in others.
1000 or 5000 years ago most human cities and towns were not very mixed when it came to religions, so except for a few men that are sent on some stupid crusade, the rest of that society would probably benefit more from the positives of the religion than that negatives.
A thought experiment could help: if everyone was the same religion, would religion be as bad?
For every John and Micheal there are an Achmed and Peter who have been murdering eachother specifically because of religion.
I’m not sure I agree. Yes religion has been causing people to kill each other for a very long time, but keep in mind for a lot of human history John and Micheal just never geographically came anywhere near Achmed or Peter, so it was a moot point.
That’s probably a good data point for when religion maybe overstayed it’s usefulness, and possibly also means that in some places, religion would do more harm than good sooner than in others.
1000 or 5000 years ago most human cities and towns were not very mixed when it came to religions, so except for a few men that are sent on some stupid crusade, the rest of that society would probably benefit more from the positives of the religion than that negatives.
A thought experiment could help: if everyone was the same religion, would religion be as bad?