Hate to break it too yah, but I'm just a hobbyest. I purchased TG 0.xx ages ago, nabbed world machine, and eventually TGP/TG2 when deep became avail.
I'm not in any industry (except the "making bad flash games" industry, and I'm not out of the loop. I just lurk moar, and post when I feel like it (specifically, when My PC is in a working state, which unfortunately hasn't been to often lately).
Your argument would be 100% valid and correct if, and only if, Terragen was vapourware. At this time, I don't believe it is, vapourware doesn't get updates. When was the last time you played the Duke Nukem forever demo, or tested the Noctis V preview, or seen a shred of news on Alan Wake. These are much moar likely candidates for being abandoned then T2 is. I'll be more worried when the news from Oyishan dies down and the updates stop coming.
(If I recall, that was more like the old days, and lo-and-behold, along came the tech preview)
You can try to drop me into whatever stereotype or group you want, but in the end, I'm just some guy with his own ideas, speaking his mind.
Always got an edit: I don't recall saying that 'dates are out of touch', simply that demanding dates when a company isn't ready to hand out hard ETAs is foolish, because you'll be more upsat when they don't get met with results (when not if mind you). Timeframes, yes. ETAs, no, not till they are ready.
I also don't consider this blind faith, simply normal faith in a company that has updates and news, as infrequent as they may be, and a hope that they prove me right.