M'Riiiight. What I am saying is that there is much more to life than your scientific facts. They have a place, but you saying they are the crux of living is totally wrong.
"take the word of people" Man, that was the understanding of the day - it EVOLVES. I thought you were trying to come off here as 'current'. You might as well say "dude, like, they didn't even have cd players back then, how could they have listened to music?"
If you take away all that was in the world, in a religious sense, your science would not be were it is now. And no, it would not be further ahead as you would wish to believe. The two work together. Somewhere along the line, maybe a new generation of scientific bent, added ridicule and arrogance as a positive trait?
Makes sense I guess, since most kids these days live at home till they're 35 and act like they're adults