I know nobody here will agree with me on this, but...

[iemitsu]

69. myths need to be explained and understood

so that people's lives are not constrained by superstition but myths, themselves, are not bad. imo mythology helps one figure out what it means to be human. like literature, myths explain much about being a being, they provide models for living with ourselves and others, and myths structure our daily and yearly calendars. they permeate every rite of passage in every human's life. they are important. they just aren't based on anything demonstratively true. myths are not science. they are magic.

about the propaganda drop, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him read.
knowledge acquisition is a tricky thing. religion is not the only thing that gets in the way of learning.
cognitive dissonance is one example of "things that get in the way of learning". its not a product of religion its just the way we work.

rioting because someone has insulted one's god ought to be discouraged. rioting does nothing to establish truth. it is a mob behavior usually inspired by someone who does not have the mobs interests in mind.
rioting is like the mini-version of the wars we wage to bully others into doing things our way.

making and distributing insulting films ought to be discouraged too. this particular one is hateful.

we all labor under the yoke of some system or another. we don't choose the political, social, economic, religious, etc. circumstances that dictate our realities. we need to remember that most people have very little control over the situations and events that they are a part of.

in each of these events there is someone or several someones who are guiding the events.
the film insulted everyone (including me). not everyone instinctively riots when insulted.