Religion is a worldview.
Not exactly. Scientism is a world view. Science has to do with the physical world. It has nothing worth hearing about anything beyond that.
Metaphysics and the possibility of a spiritual world are beyond the competence of science.
Scientism is an abuse of science by freighting it with metaphysical baggage -- specifically, the assertion that nothing exists beyond the physical world and that the universe made itself.
True religion does not forbid science to exercise its proper function in its own sphere. I know an astrophysicist who's also a Jesuit priest. No contradiction.
Good explanation.
Science is simply an effective tool to explore and understand creation.