In physics, the proportion of unbelievers is very high; in biology, still high, but not so much. The average of all scientists, only a third believe in God. I don't know how anybody can claim that that's a high percentage. Here's a typical study (from Pew):
http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Scientists-and-Belief.aspx
In short, it is a fact that working scientists generally are not God believers. The reasons for this should be obvious.
On the Internet issue, you are oh so correct. There is so much woo and pseudoscience that it scares me. People will apparently believe anything, if it is presented with authority. Ironically, scientists above all must learn to distrust authority to be successful. That's one lesson that most people have not learned. The only valid authority is nature herself! It certainly isn't a person in a pulpit or even somebody with a Nobel medal.
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