What about religion not being a substitute for science? I ask because you won't say whether you hold religion to the same high standard as you do for science.
What high standard do you mean? This is why I called this an apples/oranges comparison before. Are science and religion the same or are they different? If they are different, then scientists had better stop trying to make them the same.
I am unaware of instances where religion substitutes for science. I cannot find any.
Science is susceptible to fraud—highly so. If by “high standard” the words “integrity and honesty” would better serve, then given science’s focus, it had better measure up.