Conflating belief in Statism with belief in God doesn't fit the facts. If it were true, then according to you I should have fell for the bullshit. And the data would clearly show religious bias as a significant variable in decision making, which it does not. As it happens, plenty of religious people had the same instincts and/or line of reasoning as me.
As far as I can tell, congregations of all religions were split on the question. More like a Boomer vs everyone split.