Are secular countries more prosperous? do they enjoy more tangible freedoms? How about crime? is there a relationship between highly religious countries and high crime levels? are religious countries more likely to go to war? or to at least condone it?
I'm posting this map from wikipedia where one can evaluate these questions in a more detailed manner.
I say that as we become less religious the world becomes a better place to live in. :wink:
Darker shaded areas indicate more religious societies.