No, I never once took the strawman claim you've been claiming I have, intentionally or unintentionally on your part. Science seeks to understand the unknown, it isn't about accepting unknowns as knowns. Hence the scientific method.
Science isn't liberal, it's very leftist: the search for explanations and known laws of material reality. That's Materialism! Material conditions guide people's behaviors and science in general, not vague ideas.
If "Religion requires no proof" is the crux of your argument, then it's the same as saying "Religion is a fairy tale," without proof it cannot be known to exist, and is thus a hypothesis without much weight. I never suggested trial and error was a problem, but if you're claiming Religion itself is mere trial and error, as though scientists dream up absurd claims and test them, rather than building upon previous knowledge, that is also absurd.
Being aware of the scientific method is not technocracy, but education. That's it. Stop playing the elitist card, it isn't working.
A child raised without religion will call no god. Religion is taught, thus atheism, the lack of religon, is the default.
I believe my family is religious because it is both all they have been taught, and is convenient for them to believe, as they would face ostracism from their own family members and people like you for questioning it. I speak from personal experience, thank you.