A good handful of modern leftists believe in the Soviet idea that good communists do not have a religion. It is also perceived that any ideology that explains the modern world in enough detail makes religion redundant or that the persistence of religion is an anomaly in a society where oppression and suffering is remedied sufficiently or does not exist. However, the Marxist idea of religion being the opium of the people does not necessarily explain all belief systems that people have.
God building is an idea that to understand why people believe in a religion is to look at it within its context or circumstances. For example, people living in a desert may worship a sun god because the heat and light has such a profound effect on their lives. Another example is how people in Japan may engage in rituals and ceremonies to preserve their culture even without an intentional faith or belief with the deities involved. Modern new age practices around manifesting money can be tied back to neoliberalism’s focus on the individual instead of the system, and can show how in a society where people have so little control over success in life they may actually be more able to endure their challenges when engaging in metaphysical thinking regardless of whether outsiders believe it has an effect or not. Even beliefs in major religions can be analyzed in a meta-religious context, such as the idea that all people need religion to be virtuous is a reflection of thinking people are naturally bad. This is not done to contradict people who engage in the practices, but rather to understand these ways of thinking and be able to make policies that are respectful to all members of the society and their belief systems while remaining unbiased and scientific.
The idea of whether deities exist or not, is entirely irrelevant to us for the purposes of Technocracy. As people of science and progress, we will make decisions based on data and science. Even if a prophet comes down from the sky or the world is visited by an ancient god, that changes nothing in regards to data-based decision making, energy accounting and the application of science to government. Regardless of whatever supernatural entity exists that humans do not yet understand, I will want what is best for humanity as determined by our secular principles. I am not anti-religion or pro-religion when it comes to politics, but religion exists completely outside of Technocracy. Our ideology is so unrelated to religion that even declaring it secular is a bit of a stretch.