One of the best hopes for the rational as opposed to the religious lies in the innate conservatism of religion. Or at least what religious types suppose is conservatism. In fact, religions are constantly changing, which is why we have so many different sects and schisms. But religions need to imagine that they are conservative since they all claim to be the unique and true message of "God". One can't go around changing the word of "God". Yet somehow, nearly every priest, rabbi and mullah seems to know exactly what "God" wants us to do, and they are quick to claim they know the thoughts of an entity that they otherwise claim is beyond the understanding of mortals. Indeed, Christian religious leaders in particular are often "quoting" "God" on billboards, the radio or the pulpit. Although nowhere in the Bible does "God" say "We need to talk", some religious zany with more money than scholarship will blithely plaster that sort of homey message on the largest sign they can afford. Any number of such invented "quotes", usually appearing on T-shirts, could be cited. Apparently religious leaders suppose that "God's" message needs to be reduced to modern colloquialisms or the poor average Christian won't understand.
Nevertheless, religious types are usually eager to oppose any change that challenges what they suppose is the message of their religion even though they may fail utterly to understand what the original message was. As science and society move forward on their intricate paths we can hope and expect that the stubbornly dogmatic types will be left behind in benighted backwaters, reduced to enclaves like the Amish and the Hutterites. That's OK with me so long as they don't jump the reservation.