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While true, what I don't like about this quote is that it's self evident to atheists and incomprehensible or just wrong to believers, changing no minds at all.
Yeah, I don't believe it. Religions all over the world have certain commonalities, and many of them contain knowledge that's just good ideas. Like, I don't think Buddhism is going away forever if all knowledge is forgotten. I don't think the Tao concept of the oneness of the universe is going away. FFS, George Lucas even tricked everyone into learning Taoist philosophy by calling it Jedi philosophy.
I don't think they're talking about ethical principles. Ethical principles are a part of psychology, and exist outside of religion. They're talking about details. Jesus Christ wouldn't be rediscovered, because he didn't exist in the first place. Whatever would take his place would be different.
What do you mean by details? Do you mean a name? I agree, if all knowledge were lost, names would be lost. But that's equally true of science and religion. After all, we wouldn't call the force of massive attraction gravity, nor would we call the property of matter mass. Nor, of course, would we call solid materials matter. So perhaps you mean something different than names. Please be more specific.
I meant the entire beings, the lore, the stories, the mythology, the miracles, all of that shit that (almost certainly) never actually happened. Ethical principles aren't defined by authorities, by deities. We would find those just fine if there was no religion.
That's a really broad and general thing you're talking about. I'm afraid there isn't much to say about such broad strokes, because it's hard to prove such nebulous claims. If you're interested in having a discussion that can actually get into the facts as opposed to vague opinions, I'm afraid you need to be more specific.