Because there is so much crazy religion
In the United States
You have to make scientific claims
For people to take you seriously

So, if I tell you
I went to Gethsemane Trappist Abbey
When I was a college student
** hum. Who cares?

But if I tell you I wrote a poem like this

               Crossing the Baltic
                young sons sung
                     exoplanets!

And mailed it to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Trappist Abbey in Oregon

And then a couple months later
A telescope called Trappist 1
Discovered 7 new exoplanets
That could possibly harbor alien life:

See, you're interested.