Honestly I trust science and believe in God;I think the two can complement each other. Scientific fact can tell us how this world exists, but we, through religion, morality, and ethics have to find our own answers to WHY it exists and what our purpose is here on Earth. If you actually look, many scientists were also deeply religious; it does not have to be a contradiction. I prefer to believe that there's a purpose to this universe, but I suppose that's a matter of choice. Both science and religion are among the many tools for viewing and exploring the world; in the long run, neither may be sufficient alone. I in fact hope that the universe, and those within it, will always continue to surprise our heart, mind, and soul.
I don't think there's anything controversial about what you said and it puzzles me why the so-called "new atheists" get angry at things like this. Their view is that religion should always be combated regardless of context because it's inherently bad.
But like you say, there's nothing contradictory about believing in the scientific method and also in some higher purpose such as religion. There are those that say they're incompatible, but that's only true under certain narrow interpretations. Like you said, a lot of scientists (though disproportionately few) have some religious belief; it's just that few literally believe that humans used to be hundreds of years old, or that the earth is only a few thousand years old, or that the global flood from Genesis actually happened and that it wasn't just a moral story but an accurate description of an event.
Whenever I read articles from a typical "new atheist" hangout like /r/atheism I can't for the life of me figure out why these people are so concerned with fairly trivial things.
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