I'm not convinced that folks would defer to new religions to address those questions. I don't have data to support it, but I think the modern mind is better eq

I'm not convinced that folks would defer to new religions to address those questions. I don't have data to support it, but I think the modern mind is better equipped to accept uncertainty and ignorance these days so some might just allow those questions to remain presently unanswered. Even if the scientific method doesn't directly answer a question, it models the approach of using a placeholder for things not yet known rather than demanding someone make shit up to eliminate the unknown.