Maybe I should re-word my original statement - Science has most definitely turned into (or is very similar to) faith-based followings/religions. I'm going to sp

Maybe I should re-word my original statement - Science has most definitely turned into (or is very similar to) faith-based followings/religions. I'm going to speak from a mostly western, north american viewpoint of the world. Would you not say that there's many many people that don't truly understand the intricacies of what science is and what it's become, but still follow it without asking questions? Academically, I would assume that for the majority of people, science was something you were taught to blindly trust growing up, being told that scientists have your best interests in mind while they spend time finding out everything about the world and coming up with reasons/theories for the way the world works and interacts with itself. The world wouldn't be anything without science, they say. Religion is based on a set of beliefs, followings, teachings, determined and taught/shared by "qualified" individuals like priests/pastors - followers were raised from a young age to follow, internalize, and spread their faith. When you go to church (catholic in this example), you're asked/silently obligated to donate to the church when the collection plate is passed around. You're giving money, and debatably power (in form of money) to the church to keep spreading their beliefs. I think it would be foolish to assume that there weren't rich kings/countries hundred of years ago giving money to the church to influence certain activities/actions through religious decree/law. Today, we have numerous examples of corporations lobbying governmental and scientific institutions to push whatever is the cause de jour. There was corn syrup lobbying in the 2010's and who knows how far back, you had the food pyramid in the 90's that heavily promoted food groups that the USDA itself was subsidizing. There's so many outside influences, blind faith/trust, etc. etc. that I feel comfortable in todays day and age saying that society in general "trusts" science like they would "trust" a religion to keep them safe and alive, and healthy.