> Most people don't really have strong religious beliefs that they are testing against evidence, I suspect.

Okay, lets go with that: that is still a lower bar than EvD theories, because he at least has some evidence while everyone else has none.

Doesn't matter if the evidence is insufficient, or if the theory has been tested and found to be wanting, what matters is that it's still operating at a higher bar than many of the people on the planet who are not drawing such ire.