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Back to the question at hand, I would argue that the origins of all religions lie in man's desire to understand and explain the world and are the product of his inability to do so effectively, and so I agree that were the slate to be wiped clean, something would be set in it's place with the same fundamental goals reworked to better fit into the context of modern society. To my mind, the bible and other such religious texts were collections of excellent stories to provide primitive man with the answers he sought about the nature of and reason for his existence. He didn't require the weight of evidence that we today would demand to back up such bold statements as "you are here because God created you", because there was no evidence to give. The superstitious traditions of our ancestors were merely educational tools employed to help people make sense of the world in which they lived, occupying much the same role as science today.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that religion already has been reinvented and renamed Science, and it follows along the exact same lines as the religions of old, which, while still held in high regard by millions upon millions of people, are beginning to show a little redundancy in their old age. We're all searching for answers in one way or another, and while our ancestors were willing to accept far more at face value given the lack of any feasible alternative, we're wowed by science's albility to provide reason where once there was doubt. The only thing missing is God, but I guess that's a whole other debate.
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