Oh, yes, and it's just a matter of time until they find out about the parallels.
Or, maybe not. Modern theoretical physicists are usually pretty ignorant of a lot of things ~ current events, how government works, girls, stuff like that ~ and religion.
Well, being trained as a tp I can assure you that we were (and are) ”interested in a lot of of things ~ current events, how government works, girls, stuff like that” ~ but I agree with you about being ingnorant about religion. Occam's razor you know...