FTA: The one recent piece that did make some sense, even if it was admittedly facetious, was Michael Jacobs’ essay asking, “Is the Internet God?” The obvious answer is no, because the internet doesn’t have a beard. But when the author found himself muttering “Thank God” one night after the internet provided him some timely directions he began to wonder. Jacobs argues that the internet is closer to the divine attributes of omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence than anything humanity has ever experienced, burning bush or otherwise. The information explosion it has fueled is almost certainly the prime factor in the demise of traditional religion, which is being replaced by the humanist value of people being empowered to think for themselves.
I think that the Internet is more a potent catalyst than the actual cause of the demise of traditional religion. Very much like throwing gasoline on a fire. And I rather think "demise" is an exaggeration at this point, though not in the long run. The death blow has been dealt to religious faith, but it will take a very long time to bleed out.