Future Societies Free of Religion

My senior year of high school, every Monday before first hour, we stood up, faced the flag, placed our hands over our hearts, and said the pledge of allegiance, led by our principal. This upset many students at our school for several reasons, one being the mention of God in our pledge. But this view was refuted using the argument that our country was founded on the basis of religion and its ideals, so it is only right that religion be included in the pledge. This is true; the country was founded on the ideals of religion because religion has always been a huge part of people’s lives, greatly impacting society, and has played a huge role in human identity across the globe since the beginning of civilization. As such a large and common part of society, religion has, ironically, led to countless conflicts and war throughout history, despite the fact that one of religion’s main purposes is to set a moral standard for people to meet. Yet it appears that the more scientific evidence...