I Wonder If Those So Quick To Dismiss And Discredit Will Be Just As Quick To Admit They Were Wrong?
Absolutely, when real evidence is presented.
Galileo proved that the sun was the center of the solar system, using observations about the world around him and sound reasoning (that the reasoning is sound is key). He was persecuted by religious leaders who refused to accept the truth presented to them. These days the vast majority of christians accept heliocentrism, but it took them much longer than it should have. This is one small historical example among many of science gaining ground and religion refusing to concede when it's wrong.
As pedophilia cases within the church keep piling up, the church (various denominations but I believe mostly catholic and baptist) responds by protecting the abusers and silencing the kids. The victims are told they need more religion and the abusers "are good people who would never do such a thing". For some reason, the church leaders favor the status quo over protecting children from abuse by adults in power. When will they realize there is a massive problem and they need to do something about it? They seem quick to deny all evidence of what's clearly happening in front of them.
Last week was supposed to be the rapture. Lots of people were unironically preparing to be raptured and were convinced beyond all reason that it was going to happen. Clearly it didn't happen. Will those people admit that their approach to interpretation of the bible is incorrect? Will they think that if they got this wrong, maybe there are other things they're wrong about too? They really should be thinking that, because they were dead wrong about the rapture.
The conviction of a christian is so wholly unconvincing because of the track record of religion being both belligerent and dead wrong on nearly every scientific issue throughout history.
Science, on the other hand, requires proof. A few weeks ago a team of scientists claimed they had made a superconductor at room temperature and pressure. The initial reaction in the science community was tentative excitement tempered by a LOT of skepticism. Immediately other teams started working to independently verify the results. And the thing is, if it's real, we will verify it. And if it's false, we'll figure that out. We don't need to believe what one scientist says. If we're motivated enough, we can find out for ourselves.
Science has a LONG history of theories being disproven and that disapproval being accepted relatively quickly. We're very quick to admit when we're wrong because claims of truths need to be proven, and therefore can also be refuted.
Edit to add: scientists are not perfect. People who believe in science are also not perfect. We're all still human. We make mistakes, we can be belligerent, we can be wrong, we can be cruel. There have been scandals in science, especially in medicine, that still have tragic impact in the world today. I won't deny any of that.
