would we be better off without religion?

​Question:  Would the human race have been better off IF we had not come up with organized religion?  Seems like all we have ever done is fight over it time and time again.  Live the Beatles song “Imagine.”
 
Response:  I don’t know what you mean by “better off,” but if we could learn to live by direct experience rather than out of belief we would have a much easier go at waking up to what we innately know.