To answer your questions...
Traf: Because unfounded superstition and belief in the unverifiable supernatural, with a total disregard for valid evidence and logic, is the root of all evil, it's always influencing everything, and it's all around us every day.
(For you, some rhetorical questions - please don't answer: Which of the many did you choose? How do you know it shouldn't have been another? Do you respect the intelligence and judgment of those with different beliefs and realities than yours who flew planes on 9/11/conducted Crusades/led the well-organized prevention of prosecutions of Catholic priest pedophiles? All the above trusted, believed and had faith too.)
positionalpor: "Valid scientific data" means data continually evolves and is subject to revision, by qualified professionals, based on new evidence that is revealed through observation, discovery and experimentation verifiable by anyone anywhere (that is the whole foundation of science vs. magic/superstition/god did it), not through unverifiable texts or supposed dreams and voices heard about invisible, silent, supernatural things.
(Rhetorical for you: Which god am I confused about? Are you confused about Vishnu vs. Allah vs. Mercury vs. any other, or you just dismiss all of them but yours but others can't dismiss yours? Which scientific data changes every decade? The melting point of iron? Or did you mean the evolving hypotheses and/or theses based on the ever-evolving data because some things change over time, like CO2 levels in the atmosphere? And does that mean conclusions should never evolve as knowledge evolves - religion style?)
I still wonder why people aren't happy when they find out when they were wrong and can see the evidence for themselves for the way forward, like scientists do all the time (revising science continuously with new evidence, getting smarter and better rather than holding onto the past), and everyone is free to present contradictory, valid evidence and/or conclusions anytime - for open review.
Last edited by Curtain rod; 5th Feb 2017 at 12:16.