This is the most complete explanation of something from nothing that a layman could potentially wrap their head around, that I am aware of. It's by Lawrence Krauss, I gather he has a book on the same topic, but I had to pick my jaw up the first time I watched the video. I can't imagine the book. Beware it weighs in at nearly and hour, but is
absolutely worth the watch.
In terms of people's personal beliefs? Not going matter one iota. People are already too good at ignoring facts when they contradict the things they want to be true. The feats of cognitive dissonance I see put on display by various people both astound and stupify.
As far as science and religion go, science kicked out the supernatural a long time ago. Making predictions gets a whole lot hairier when you assume some omnipotent is mucking about in your experiments. I don't see that changing any time soon.