In thr past I've also been an aggressive atheist. Now I take it more easy about this, also I have changed my views.
The interesting think about the scientific approach is that even for top scientists and physicists it is not clear what the real meaning and implications of the more recent theories and mathematical equasions like quantum theory and string theory are.
According to these, our reality is completely mind-blowing and not imaginable to the average person. Who would usually think that there are things like worm holes and parallel universes and matter is existent or not depending on whether there is an observer?