Religion and science are not opposite ends of an axis, they are two different ones.
You can be a religious scientist , a non-religious scientist, a religious non-scientist (new agers), or a non-religious non-scientist.
Darwin's voyage on the Beagle was to collect natural specimens... after which he intended to become a man of the cloth by some accounts.
Einstein believed in God.
Also there are plenty of scientists who believe in God but not in man made trappings ie religion.
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