No, eradicate the shit-stirrers who boss certain religions/cults.
Anyway, I am scientifically-minded too and science does benefit mankind in general.
But I'm also a betting man. So I believe in God. If I'm right, I get welcomed through the Pearly Gates. If I'm wrong I've lost sod-all.
I like Terrty Pratchett's discworld rebuttal to this logic, where people who try it are after they die surrounded by a load of gods with spiked clubs. "we'll show you what we think of smartypantses here"