Religion isn't Bad -

[Yfelsung]

And sometimes that's what it boils down to. Even if you may make an argument that religion is not all bad, the question is "is it necessary"? The advancements we made as a species were never because of religion. Hell, many times they were in direct violation of religion.

Many believers like to point out that early scientists were believers... but if they had been content with their religious answers, they would have never looked beyond them.

Now, especially, we have no more use for religion. Even if you argued it was useful in the past, it is now a completely unnecessary thing. Being that it's unnecessary, this amplifies any bad it causes.

 

[twoism]

Many believers like to point out that early scientists were believers... but if they had been content with their religious answers, they would have never looked beyond them..

Aquinas would have disagreed with you there. he thought that it was his duty as a philosopher to find out as much as he could about the created world but his job as a christian to believe in scripture. needless to say though, these two worldviews are becoming increasingly more difficult to hold together.