Religions does not control where I live in Toronto. Of course we have many churches, but no one openly walks about proclaiming their faith and demanding others follow. Well, not all, there are the infrequent JW’s on street corners handing out pamphlets. Many years ago there was one individual in our work crew. He had a few screws loose, but he was an OK guy. He quit and went away for a few years to later visit us and proclaimed he met a wonderful woman in Philadelphia, and found god. Full bore born again. The rest of us, about twenty of my buddies just rolled our eyes and silently agreed he had lost his marbles.
When I look back on that incident in the early 80’s the numbers tell it all. One dedicated theist and about twenty who didn’t give a shit.
And that was 40 years ago.