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Who said anything about being dismissive? The solution isn't to allow them to dominate everyone by capitulating to them thinking we need their help or approval for anything. The answer is to simply move on without them and to build a new empire they're not allowed to control or participate in out of the old, and to let them rot in the ruins of the old.
The problem isn't scammers. The problem is evil religious types.
In the US, about 2/3rds of people are Christian. It's hard to argue for moving on without the majority of the population. The vast majority of which can be reasoned with, but they are going to be less likely to be receptive if the people talking are just saying how dumb their beliefs are and that they were raised wrong.
I may wish we spent less time fixated on the words of people long gone, and trying to claim authority by making up how we think they would have responded to some modern issue they never were faced with. This is not just religion, but also with historical figures (e.g. all the "founding fathers" speculation) or dead celebrities. However we can't ignore how values were instilled in folks when we have the chance to appeal to the better teachings of their upbringing.