If (the antiproton) had not been discovered, the foundations of physics really would have crumbled.
This doesn't mean that they commit themselves to the view that this is all there is. Many scientists (including me) think that this is the case, but other scientists are religious, and believe that what is observed in nature is at least in part a result of God's will.
Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally.
On balance the moral influence of religion has been awful.
I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation!
In our universe we are tuned into the frequency that corresponds to physical reality. But there are an infinite number of parallel realities coexisting with us in the same room, although we cannot tune into them.