The idea of them worshipping science and not higher being because at the core of their beliefs is EGO. With science, they still subconsciously believe that they are at the top of intelligence for sentient being.
That's why they can still believe in buddhism, karma, multiverse etc, because those beliefs still center around them being the most intelligent living being in existence.
Not believing in specific God like jesus somewhat makes a little sense as it requires you to seek and learn specifically about him. But believing that the universe simply pooped out of existence without a mind, without truth and without intelligence, and somehow in the middle of the timeline "YOU, a being of utmost intelligence appears out of nowhere", is retarded.
Only life can beget life, there isn't a single evidence ever since the beginning of time that has proven otherwise. It shows then, there must be a source of life and truth where everything starts from. And if truth is eternal, and the source of all knowledge & wisdom, then truth certainly possesses more life than our mere existence.