Problem with religion is that people only remember the name of the book but feel insecure about the contents, trusting the word of whoever wears the tallest hat.
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That's fine, the least educated don't have sway or wealth. Bitcoin doesn't ask much of them. They can just dogmatically reply 21 Million, no more, not running your software.
It's more of a passive defense. There are other active responses to specific attacks.