If the understanding has to be that "strong" I'd say that's a problem with the theory itself. If academics have to struggle to understand it, it must look like swiss cheese.
And you guys laugh at us because we believe in God.
This is a non sequitur. The theory of quantum mechanics is maybe completely understood by a handful of physicists on this planet, but that doesn't mean it is full of holes; it simply means it is more involved than the average joe understands.