Actually, no, because a great many things were done in the fields of literature, art, music, architecture and engineering, government, and even invention before the scientific method became established. Civilization is not based on the scientific method: the scientific method is based on civilization. The fact that the physical world may be explained (to some degree) by science hardly means that science, as a discipline, had any essential role in the construction of essential civilization (it did not). In contrast, religion has ALWAYS had a pivotal role in the construction of essential civilization and there has never been a civilization founded in which religion has NOT played a major role. Whether it be the polytheism of the Egyptians, Sumerians, Greeks, Romans, Mayans, Indians, and Chinese, or the monotheism of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Indeed, the two cultures that have had the most formative affect on the West have been the Greeks and the Jews. The Jews gave us just religion and ethics and the Greeks gave us everything else. And even so, it is difficult to say which has had the greater influence on the history of our civilization and indeed the world.
Which one do you think would sustain more carnage at peak shopping times? This is important because we need to know which makes a safer shopping environment.
