I don't gloss over anything, Musket. I am at least as aware of history and current events as you, and as outraged by all sorts of hypocrisy and inhumanity, as you might be, as well.

Given that, I think that you, and I, and everyone else are a lot better off living in a places that, on a good day at least, make some effort to follow the Laws of Moses and the Golden Rule, than in places that embraced the "old ways" which embraced ritual human sacrifice as a response to all problems great and small.

And props to all the Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and all who try to moral, ethical, and compassionate lives according to whichever teachings they embrace.