I think most people honest-to-Gawd believe the Papist date “is” the “real” date because they never stop to think about it.
I suspect, also, that most people do and say most of the things they do and say for exactly the same reason: they never stop to think about it.
I know this sounds brutally cynical, but at least it explains the religious and political behaviors of our species, which otherwise seem totally beyond rational comprehension.
~ RAW