Absolutely indeed.
Even the Supreme court asserted accurately that atheism was a religion.
The religion of Scientism also has it’s dogma, doctrines, high priests as gate keepers of the truest truly true truth etc. etc. etc.
gag.
Not at all. There is no religion of "scientism", and there are no gatekeepers. In fact, the scientific community in general makes great efforts to bring more people into our community. We try to engage kids at school and do our durndest to ignite that spark of curiosity which drives people into science careers. I can think of no other career where one has the opportunity to routinely discover new things that no one else has ever found before.