Did religion ever bring anything to mankind?

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47. It is possible to regard religious language as expressing non-negotiable ideas

I think, for example, that It is wrong to gouge out people's eyes for fun is a true statement

In saying that I think this statement is "true," I do not mean that I can establish it by some scientific measurement, nor do I mean that it is a tautology that can be deduced without making any other assumptions

Should I learn of someone who likes to gouge out people's eyes, my reaction will not be think "to each his own," nor will I set out trying to write a scientific paper on the question What evidence exists that it is wrong to gouge out people's eyes for fun?

Since the wrongness of recreational eye-gouging is not really negotiable on my view, my interests are more likely to involve issues related to how quickly that person can be stopped

It's possible for different people to have somewhat different non-negotiable ideas, and I'm inclined to regard those ideas as effectively being their religions. "Religion" in this sense, of course, does not necessarily correlate well with whatever standard religion a person might claim to follow