Yep, that's it! You nailed it. The strategy makes sense, for we cannot afford to alienate the staunchly religious and cannot risk decimating the global consciousness.
Why not alienate the staunchly religious? Because they have strong morals, a keen sense of right & wrong, good & evil and are conscientious. These are the people who can make huge headway in turning humanity toward the side of good. They are potentially the white hats, the good guys. Unless they are deceived into fighting the wrong enemy.
So I guess a prudent approach would be, to give just enough truth to help these righteous folks stay on the side of the light, without decimating their belief systems too much right away.
It is no small thing (and I believe it would have karmic consequences) to destroy someone's faith. I hope to never be guilty of this myself, even unintentionally. There's a fine line between redpilling and faith destruction. I guess the line is the difference between pointing at the rabbit hole and pushing someone into it.
I think that means we must use discretion in our search for truth, and all must explore the deeper layers solely of our own free will.
Now, having said that - I do think you were quite clear in your messaging, about the importance of free will.
There's something with the blood sacrifices though - this is a big theme in the bible - the god of the old testament was super bloodthirsty. To me, it comes as no shock that the blood sacrifices were continued because not every religion interprets the crucifixion of Jesus as the ultimate blood sacrifice, with further bloodshed not being required in order to stay in the good graces and avoid condemnation. Then I start thinking of the fallout from that disclosure, wouldn't it sort of lead to the unraveling of everything? As in, the twisting of the word of God for enslavement purposes and the huge part that religion played, plus all the rest and finally, the ET connection. Yes, a faith destroyer for sure. This is why you say that wisdom doesn't make everyone free. I totally see why.