That’s true, there is a lot of misuse of science today. Some consider it like a religion, literally. Others try to use it thinking they can disprove the existence of God, which is impossible according to the scientific method itself. All in all, I think too many atheists misusing science have spoiled the broth, so to speak.
“ Others try to use it thinking they can disprove the existence of God,…”
I’m 73, in my entire life I’ve never encountered anyone involved in trying to disprove the existence of god. Lots of people don’t believe but that’s about as far as it goes. Most skeptics understand the logic of the null hypothesis