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I think it's come to the point where hearing or reading about people talking about god feels almost anachronistic. Such values are centuries dated. There is a reason why you will find a higher percentage of atheists and "social liberals" in open communities online than you will in your average coffee shop - communication, shared learning, and evolution.
Back in 'the day' (ya know, when Germany used to be "Prussia") the catholic church viewed the jewish community as not only heathenistic, but, by today's definition, too conservative. The edification of the jews, which included the infusion of catholic ideals into the basic worship structure, was deemed 'The Enlightenment." It was basically the evolution of the jewish society to fit into the modern age.
The churches have gone through several of these evolutionary periods to get to where they are today, to where you base your beliefs upon. That means, basicly, that the values that you believe in today will no doubt change further as the human society lives on. Centuries from now, your core beliefs and rituals will be obsolete. Everything that this culture represents is slowly becoming more 'liberal.' Unless our culture is taken over by another (for example, Romans taking over Greeks and bastardizing their culture) it will continue in this progression.
If left to it's own devices, I feel that our culture will make the belief in god obsolete. You can all thank the internet.
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