'The Paradigm Theory and Religion'

Although Thomas Kuhn stated that his theory of 'The Paragdim Shift' could only be used in a scientific form, if applied to our world it seems to pull the whole of society into question.

The Paragdim shift seems to both enhance science but also question it. For example people used to believe that the earth was flat. Then a Paradigm shift in understanding occurred and suddenly we understand the earth to be round. There is a clear shift in understanding.

However, if we once believed that the earth was flat, how do we know what we believe in now is correct?

Society is based around science, around fact. But what is fact? A Paragdim shift in our understanding of the universe could occur at any time and dissprove science completely. Back last year an atom was found to travel faster then the speed of light. This discovery brought both Galileo and Isaac Newton's fundamental laws of physics into question. Everything we know and feel could be false. Science isn't fact, it's not the truth, it's just what society believes at present. 

Whenever I think about the paradigm shift 'The Matrix' comes into my head. How do we know we're not controlled by a world outside our own?

Certain philosophers believe such things could be true. Scientists scoff at this absurdity  but who's to say science isn't just an absurd creation, forced to fit amongst society?
It seems to me that the only way out of this shift, the only way to remove yourself from the threat of what you believe in being disproved is to believe in something disprovable  See, the beauty of religion is that it doesn't matter whether it's a lie or not, because if you believe in a lie it removes you from the paradigm. See, nobody can ever disprove God. There will always be a 'what if' percentage. So it matters not if it's a lie or not, as it will never be proved or disproved, unlike science. Science could crumble and fall at any moment. 

There also seems to be a slight irony contained in the fact that if we are in fact controlled by something outside of our control it will in fact be religion that was closer to the truth then science.