This is a good statement of the problem. I'd be quite curious to hear suggestions on the solution(s). Direct attacks on something as huge and culturally inter

This is a good statement of the problem. I'd be quite curious to hear suggestions on the solution(s). Direct attacks on something as huge and culturally interwoven as "religious belief" is probably ineffective and even counter-productive. But populations do wax and wane in religious fervor, and the power of religious belief in everyday people's lives. It's unavoidably difficult to winnow out actual factors affecting that kind of thing, but there must be theories out there.