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are capable of transmitting just as much useful information as the technologies of reading and writing.

No. A mythology of a demon spiting fire and rocks doesn't help you understand geology, tectonic plaques and volcanoes. We know that an eruption happened 7700 years ago without the need for this "oral traditions" bullshit.

Religious superstitions aren't "as much useful information" as science. That's why they are left behind. Religion is useless because is just a mask for ignorance.

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