First I don't think you can compare religion to science. Science is a moving target. Science 'Facts' change all the damn time! It used to be a scientific 'fact' that Saturn had 9 rings. Well, now we know it has thousands. Truth is there is no such thing as Science 'fact'. Everything is science theory and is only excepted as truth until something comes along and disproves it. Which happens daily.
Religion on the other hand rarely if ever changes. Nor should it. The two are not comparible in my opinion.
Re: God outside of religion
I see proof of God's existence every day in a thousand different ways. One of the most simpliest to understand and profound ways is in walking into any AA (or any 12 step program) and seeing people who could not possibly stop drinking (or whatever) literally to save their lives (any many, many died pitifully dispite all efforts to save them and dispite all supreme acts of will prior to AA), nor has science ever found a way to stop them, find peace, joy and soberity through the grace of God (as they understand him).







