When connected kids see what religion bears, the likes of Santorum and multiple groups like the Catholic League, the Family Research Council, and Westboro who write editorials, tweet, blog, and disrupt funerals (for crying out loud!), etc.; all completely hateful stuff under the guise of their religion, how can it not turn them off of religion as a whole?

Electing this Pope has likely done more for religion than anything in the last 30 years.

For many it is not enough to consider religion, though. You cannot overcome the negatives with one high-profile positive.