"Atheism was the only sense for millions of years until you believers, you Johnny-come-latelys, showed up! We did muddle through reasonably well even without you before that, remember. Better, probably." SS

It is quite likely that you are being hyperbolic but I feel like I want to respond to this statement anyhow.

By all accounts and judging by long-found relics, long before there was religion in the organized sense, certainly before Judaism Christianity, superstitious fear was rampant. Do you feel that blaming or crediting one's state of mind brought about the destruction of a village was a healthy state of affairs? Do you really think that casting nubile maidens into a volcano to appease the goddess who dwelt there was preferable to today's belief in a supreme deity?

Methnks life today has gotten much tamer and safer than that of a thousand years ago, give or take a thousand.