I read once that you need to study maths for about fifteen years before you can really get to grips with quantum mechanics. S cience needs to be popularised, but when this treads on religious grounds it will be criticised for doing so. A balance needs to be struck so that people can see for themselves that the scientific explanation is reasonable, rational and comprehensible - and more satisfying. This might not easy as scientific frontiers advance. The God Of The Gaps may be getting smaller, but he might also be getting more appealing.
Information technology allows for the spread of the skeptical message much more readily and clearly.
Atheists can now show to others that their lack of belief is based on demonstrable reality as well as the previous tools of philosophy, logic and reason. E xpect to see religions incorporating modern science, as their memes vie for survival with the inexorable spread of critical thought. The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins book describing a new way to look at evolution.