The dictionary is wrong – science can be a religion too

[skepticscott]

108. You need to educate yourself before spouting such nonsense

The claim that continental drift occurred was accepted within a couple of decades after it had been proposed (in 1912), but it took longer before the actual mechanism behind it (plate tectonics) was discovered. To withhold full acceptance of the theory until then was entirely appropriate. That didn't happen until the 50s, so your claim of "about 70 or so years" is blatantly false.

And the fact that people died of infections due to practices know to cause infections does not equate to a demonstration of germ theory. Not remotely. Read Microbe Hunters or any of a number of other good books on the subject to learn what was required.

In both of these cases, you're talking about only a few decades to firmly demonstrate and establish theories that are absolutely fundamental in their fields. Calling that "particularly slow" or "really slow" or even "slow" is simply laughable.

The claim that the medical research community was unduly slow and reluctant in accepting bacteria as the demonstrated cause of some ulcers is purely a myth. Educate yourself, and then get back to us:

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/bacteria_ulcers_and_ostracism_h._pylori_and_the_making_of_a_myth/