I just discovered the discussion after the talk. It's clear that he is in the sort of company that would not have been offended. Any concerns I have are abated. The discussion after the talk is well worth listening to. I'm only 10 minutes into it and I'm really enjoying it. Check it out.
Yes, I was well aware of their opinion about religion. Northern Europeans are probably the least religious people on the planet. But either way, I don't really care - I mean my stance on these institutions is what it is. I think metasystem transitions function as restructuring mechanisms - I feel religion can't exist due to its system structure in a system with the type of information transfer we will have. Simple as that. I think religious belief and spiritual belief will exist in some decentralized form. But the institutions as they exist now almost certainly won't, IMO.