>Their spiritual frameworks provided direction on ... whom to marry and how to raise children. As a non-religious man (no, not atheist: non-religious), I can d

>Their spiritual frameworks provided direction on ... whom to marry and how to raise children. As a non-religious man (no, not atheist: non-religious), I can definitely say that the lack of an overbearing deity or otherwise some sort of Code of Divine Conduct(tm) prescribing such things has led me to put such frivolous matters as marriage and family aside and very likely never touched upon again. Objectively, I simply can't justify all the problems that come with associating with women in any capacity beyond that of simple friendship or professional relations (as in co-worker, etc.). I also see no need for myself to contribute another spawn to humanity, since humanity is clearly more than adequately providing for itself. >This kind of modernist/progressive thinking towards history is probably the worst thing people take away from high school and undergrad history courses. Whitewashing of history in general is abhorrent and patently worthless, we need to consider moments in history within the contexts of the time in order to derive anything of value to us in the present.