good luck mate, I (used to be one of those people) always run into people in tech that treat science as a religion (scientism) and simply refuse to look at philosophical traditions of their own culture (save for foreign cultures) because of their narrow modern conception of religion.

On a separate note, I am interested in comparative theology (traditions in general) and the link you mentioned seems very interesting, thank you

---- Edit: For context: grew up in the middle east and living in California now, studied a ton about middle eastern theology and western theology, would love more resources on the east