You mentioned people who lived in times she religion was the basis of the society. I am talking about contemporary physicists (or other hard science scientists)

You mentioned people who lived in times she religion was the basis of the society. I am talking about contemporary physicists (or other hard science scientists). And this is not a matter of belief : if someone states that he is a scientist, it is not possible to be religious. Simply because these two postures are not compatible. You can be one of the other but not both.