[keiferski]

The common thread among scientisim-followers is that few have actually bothered to read a book or paper on the philosophy of science by actual philosophers, and instead have adopted science as an identity label.

One consequence of this is how religion is now juxtaposed directly with science, because if the atheists are scientism-followers, then religious people must be anti-science. This is directly contrary to how most scientific innovators thought about the relationship of science to religion (Newton as a prime example.)