Religious Die Back Is Only Natural

We are wired to be tribal. It's built into us as a survival trait as naturally as sheep flock together or
wolves hunt in packs.

A lone wolf's chances of survival are far less than those of the pack, so wolves travel and hunt in packs.
Sheep flock together and watch while one is chosen, culled, and hunted by the wolf pack.
The survivability of sheep is reliant on numbers and continual replenishment of the flock.

Why did the Pope support the reasons given for the violence of Charlie Hedbo?
Because shepherds will always help defend another's flock because they know whose flock could be next.

Why did the Pope say that aids was bad but condoms are worse?
Because condoms decrease the rate of Christian raised children. More sheep means more individual security and a future for the flock.

Atheists have been lone wolves for a long time, mostly because atheism was likely to get you killed. In many places, that is still true.
Religions distrust and often dislike each other, but they will not suffer an atheist to speak... until recently that is. Modern laws allow us to speak openly about atheism in spite of religious objections.
And atheists are beginning to form groups, clubs, organizations... wolf packs.

Shepherds will often band together to drive away a lone wolf, even a small wolf pack. But when there's too many wolves, the shepherd build a pen and keep the sheep from multiplying.

This is the way of nature. If there's not enough prey, the wolves die back. If there's abundant prey, the wolves grow strong and plentiful and the prey die back.
The proliferation of outspoken atheists is an obvious sign that there is about to be a die back of religion.

It's only natural.