Nope. Just look at middle ages(in western civilization's case), and look at present day(in the third world). Both societies were/are ruled by fear and religious superstitions.
In the west, religions superstition was (for the most part) replaced by rational and logical science.
In the third world, religious supersition(combination with economic superstition -> socialism) still reigns supreme.
In most cases you are correct, but I happen to be a Christian motivated primarily by love, and the staggering logic of my faith is beautiful, to say the least. There are many more like me. So you're blanket rejection of 'religion' in the name of science is overstated.
I can certainly point to the lemminglike mindsets of some modern scientists, the fear of rejection by their contemporaries, the irrational and illogical rejection of evidence that undermines their preconceptions. It's just the human condition, and scientists are hardly supermen.
We're all in the same boat to one degree or another.