Religious Pessimism - Religious Culture - Religious Extremism - Secularism

Are we led to a religious pessimism (human life is in a difficult condition, everywhere there are traps of evil, faith is in crisis, a nearing apocalypse, ..) The solution often suggested is a religious culture, some form of devotions and practices, upholding traditions and rituals ... which are projected to be the sign of believing in God. It is such kind of empty religious culture that drained the sacred out of people's lives. Outcome is atheist secularism or religious extremism depending on the stimulants.