Science in many ways is the new popular religion and I think that is what a lot of Christians object to. Our faith should be reserved for God. Science is in the business of proof.
I don’t know and have never known a scientist (and I’ve known/met/worked with many) who sees science as a religion. I’ve known a few who don’t believe in God and more who don’t suscribe to any denomination but do believe in God, but never any who worship science.
Science is not just about proofs, it is synthesis of ideas or theories and attempting to provide repeatable evidence as a reasonable, but not infallible proof of a theory. Scientists who fake data and studies to “prove” something like global warming have been around since the beginning of time; just as there are medical and yes, religious charlatins throughout history.
Proofs by themselves do not stand alone except maybe in math and even there proofs may be shown to be wrong in which case the pursuit of a solid proof begins again.
I see all of the amazing workings of the universe in physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, to be at the hand of God. Why is the Higgs-Boson concept not the spark from the finger of God that began the universe, “In the beginning...”? Is God not that great?