“Trust Bacon”. Very ironic, since the Baconian method, although it did not have long-lasting influence, emphasised the general idea of the importance and possibility of a sceptical methodology making Frances Bacon one of the later founders of the scientific method. Trust indeed…
Add the European Union to things you don’t understand. The list seems long. Though it’s possible to criticize some of the little regulations, implemented by bureaucrats, trying to “normalize” business practices and products, intended to help the corporate elites do business, the actual EU laws and structure are all passed by elected representatives in the bicameral system. You must have been exposed to a lot of “Brexit” propaganda.
“Christianity isn’t particularly violent (neither is Judaism”
Have you read the Bible? Have you read what the Christian Crusaders did when they captured Jerusalem? How about the 15th and 16th Centuries in Europe? How about the last year in the Middle East or the last 75 years?
This is not true. Most days I check three different weather forecasts. They seldom agree, but one of them is usually right.