Theland1 - “... maybe a respectful awe of the unknown may be more appropriate...”
Yes. That would help matters immeasurably. Everyone standing around in awe with their mouths open in shock, gazing at, “... economics, politics, [the] middle East, climate and earthquakes...”. Let's just do nothing and simply stand and stare and praise God for creating such a wonderfully unfathomable world.
“Nobody has all of the answers...” - No one individual perhaps but religion certainly claims to answer every question you can possibly imagine. The answer is always the same of course.
“... Sarcasm and ridicule are alive and well residing in R & S...” - Indeed they are. For too long, religious dogma has stifled debate about belief systems. It's been a long time coming. Not very long ago, people who expressed such opinions were imprisoned, tortured and killed. The reasons for this barbaric punishment for non-belief are quite obvious – religion cannot stand up to rigorous, logical examination. The arguments and the 'evidence' it presents quickly collapse under scrutiny. You appear to see this as 'ridicule'.
If I held a belief that was wildly at variance with logic and rationality and which could not be disproved, I would expect my beliefs to be openly questioned and indeed, ridiculed. If I believed that invisible, undetectable fire-breathing dragons lived amongst us, I would be labelled 'delusional' or worse. However, the 'existence' of such dragons can never be disproved – therefore vindicating my belief in them. You'd struggle to find someone who concurred with my 'belief' and yet this is exactly the same circular reasoning that religious people cling to. When questioned about it, they cry foul and claim that they're being ridiculed. So be it. I see the questioning of such beliefs to be a healthy thing – the battle of rational thought over irrational belief.