By your assertion, morally and ethically we're worse off without religion. That is an incredibly difficult stance to defend over the long term. The problem wit

By your assertion, morally and ethically we're worse off without religion. That is an incredibly difficult stance to defend over the long term. The problem with morality as prescribed by religion is that the authority on morality is provided by some ephemeral being whose wants and desires can only be gleaned from texts written thousands of years ago. Even if we accept that the Christian God is real (as requested by your lead in), we have no way to refine our understanding of his definition of morality under the religious model. We can only rely on the texts. These same texts prescribe things like stoning women who cheat on their husbands. These texts were "canonized" by a group of men who decided what was and wasn't the bible. To posit that this is the best possible basis for a rational system of morals (to prevent things like tax fraud no less) is either not very well thought out or willfully acting in opposition to thousands of years of well documented behavior on the part of religious worshipers.