Hi CoinCube,
Thank you again - We can peacefully agree to disagree and respect each others view - I trust that is okay.
I also wish to Thank you for handling this sensitive dialogue with such care - keeping things much civil.
I will agree with you on your statement "single greatest contributor to human progress" Indeed it is true under the Three Abrahamic - much progress was made - when the adherents bought into Social solidarity with an emphasis on unity, group consciousness and sense of shared purpose, and social cohesion.
But also - when the above breakdown due to various decaying components...the system also falls just as hard -- we see that today. The Moral Decay / Corruption / Poverty...lack of unity (complete Divide).
Of course I very much enjoyed the conversation. I do not claim any special insight into these issues but I do try to be persistent.
As Charlton said "Error is self-correcting IF we stick by it honestly, and follow it through to conclusion.
An honest fool will sooner or later become wise - indeed in essentials he already is wise, as such things are measured in mortal life."
I count myself among the honest fools and take the position that we all would be surprised if we were shown how much of what we currently accept as truth is really falsehood.
In regards to the current moral decay / corruption / decline I currently believe that these are simply stages necessary steps in our overall education and development. I outlined my thinking on this in:
Cycles of Contentionand also in:
Religion and Progress