Science runs\is on facts. Facts that are demonstrable, testable, repeatable and quantifiable.
Is Big Bang Theory science or not? It certainly isn't "demonstrable, testable, repeatable and quantifiable." Yet there are loads of people who "believe" it. When they believe it without demonstrability, testability, repeatability, and quantifiability, they certainly aren't acting scientifically. So, how are they acting? Seems like they are acting religiously.
Religion and science overlap. They overlap as shown above. And they overlap because some of the doctrines or knowledge of almost every religion can be scientifically proven to be correct.
Add to this the fact that cause and effect, entropy, and complexity - this universe - couldn't exist in any way we might guess at, except that God existed to make it all.
No one knows for sure. You don't either.
What if it was repeatable? If the universe had always been there just stuck in an endless grow and shrink loop? You seem to be fixated on science as a religion. Build a bridge and get over it.
What your saying is by believing in something we can measure, is quantifiable(its how we got to the age of the universe btw), we have tested for it and is currently demonstrable....is like a religion?? Riiiight.
And they overlap because some of the doctrines or knowledge of almost every religion can be scientifically proven to be correct.
Lets take a deeper look at that shall we?
1. Mayan religion believed they had a sacrifice a human heart......every.....single.....day. Or the sun would not come up. Very scientific...
2. Scientology believes we have aliens inside us. Prove that...please.
3. Christians believe there is a piece of Jesus's foreskin that has magical powers. Very scientific indeed......I bet all sorts of people have tested that over the years...specially nuns. Just saying.....
4. The jewish practise of transferring "sin" onto a chicken\goat\animal and then killing it. Verrrry scientific....
5.The cargo cult of the Tanna island, formed in the early 1900's.....very scientific!
I could go on and on......
The point is people believe whatever they want to believe...and there is no scientific facts in sight....people still believe in superstitious crap. Look at all the old and dead religions....how many gods and beliefs are no longer around?
With science....the universe could be wiped clean...and the same facts about how and why things work would come out EXACTLY the same......everytime.
Religion has nothing to do with knowledge, cos facts and science ruin and destroy it.