I don't think such comments will endear you to many, secular or religious. I am definitely not "Christian" (especially by Bible Belt standards) being more of an Agnostic, secular humanist and I believe that much which is taken as being "true events" in religious texts, is at best a metaphor and I find little or no historical or scientific fact to support such "true events" But to dismiss beliefs that have driven Western Society for many centuries as "BS", does no one any credit.

Ironic then, isn't it, that in the US (especially), anyone contemplating running for public office must be seen to be "God Fearing" and attend church, even sporadically (and it has to be the "right" type of God Fearing as well....)

Apart from creating a new culture from scratch, I fail to see how you can eliminate thousands of years of influence of religious belief from any culture. Take Christmas, strip away the Christian associations and you are left with the Roman Saturnalia, remove Saturnalia and you are left with rituals aimed at ensuring that the gods banish winter and bring back spring and summer, strip away that and still you have a religious underpinning...