Since I am not going through the traditional route of a college education, I must rely on the Internet to obtain it.
Then you must be very very careful. There is an inordinate amount of bullshit on the web. I seriously would not just fish around for what you can find. The biggest problem you will have is your confirmation bias: this alone makes informal self study difficult.
Surely formal education is better than googling things?
I believe if or when most people finally accept it and abandon their religious beliefs it will produce chaos and rebellion towards government and its laws that control them.
I think you will find that high religiousity in a society means high crime. Just look at the US.
Edited by Larni, : Second point