My observation shows it has less to do with religion and more with the large influence of the media (not just the news) TV, radio, news, internet, personal voi

My observation shows it has less to do with religion and more with the large influence of the media (not just the news) TV, radio, news, internet, personal voice - comments posts such as hacker news. People would have never connected before social media, tv, radio to align in mass. Religion has been more about social that faith for decades. Now people have another option - internet and social media.