Long ago if not far away, I sometimes speculated about what religion I’d be if I wasn’t Christian. I thought I’d probably be Bahai, because Diamond Girl was really cool and Bahais were pariahs in lands where pariahood was a badge of honor.

I now think the question was nonsensical, a gussied-up equivalent of “what would you believe if you didn’t believe what you do believe?” The appropriate response isn’t even “damned if I know.” It’s “what the hell kind of question is that?!” Continue reading “Nonsensical Secularist Caricature” →