Actually, what I meant was that hopefully in 500 years people will be decent to one another because it's the right goddamned thing to do, not because they prayed west every day or didn't eat shellfish or tithed 10% but spent 20% on meth and gay prostitutes. It's one thing to use scriptures as "guidelines" for moral behavior (nsplayr), but it's another to believe dunking your head in "blessed" tap water gives you free reign to sin 6 days a week.
//run-on sentence & religion rant off//
While invoking a little bit of Moore's Law, we have learned A LOT in the the very recent past. Think about your cellphone 10 yrs ago vs now...the progress is amazing. And just because something has been translated doesn't mean it's legit.