Is Science The New Religion Of The 21st Century?

Let's start off with this video, which is about an hour long, of a debate by the QED Organization:



Interesting discussion if you have the time.

Moving on to an article written by Albert Einstein in 1930:

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To summarize what he was trying to say, is that basically the idea of god is created out of the need for the primitive mind to explain that which is feared. Since the primitive mind has very little understanding of the world around it, illusory beings and their will are created in that mind.

When one does not peruse knowledge on their own they instead rely on generation after generation of experienced knowledge passed down through mediators, or a special caste of society commonly referred to as priests and alike. Because of social impulses this reliance on religion is seemingly necessary as every mind starts off as primitive or lacking knowledge.

Today, however, has a faith in science taken the place of this mediator caste?

This question is being put forth because of the reluctance of the primitive mind to question science because it is deemed science and not religion.

Some recent studies in brain activity, when put together, have shown that both science and religion affect the same parts of the brain.

First let's take a look at how thinking about god and/or religion affects the brain:
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What we have here is higher thought patterns and evolution of a belief system when religious thought is invoked. This in turn goes back to the idea of the primitive mind trying to explain that which it fears, the unknown.

Now let's take a look at how thinking about science affects the brain:
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Once again we can see the correlation between higher thought and the primitive mind explaining that which it fears.

However science has been granted a different social status by claiming that thinking about science emphasizes a moral pursuit. Is this claim really true though? Or is this just another case of the primitive mind trying to explain that which it fears?

The question of science being akin to the same thought processes that religion invokes is best summarized in this article from The Huffington Post:
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There are two key things to point out here. One is that science is typically an amoral subject. Yet people use science to justify their beliefs in today's world.

The second is that even in using science to justify your moral decisions, both religion and science have moral repercussions.

It would seem at first glance that the difference between science and religion is that religion is an absolute and cannot be questioned. Whereas science relies on questioning. However once you scratch the surface, mainstream science has become almost religiously defensive about questioning their answers and results.

Why shouldn't it be questioned? Is that not a function of science?

Especially since even science is prone to outside influences affecting its results, just like religion.