It would be if it weren’t sarcasm. As it stands, it looks to be in the same line of thinking as Paul Krugman half-jokingly describing Bush as “The Arabian Candidate,” analogous to the “Manchurian Candidate,” where Bush’s seeming idiocy is because he is “really” an Al Qaeda mole.

I wish I had a cabal. Or at least a cadre. A posse, perhaps?

All right, who’s down for a friendly atheist posse?

This tactic is quite common really. If you’ve ever participated in (or just observed) religion debate forums I’m sure you’ve seen it. Liberal Christians claim that Conservative Christians are not “True Christians” and vice-versa (because no “True Christian” would do ABC or XYZ…). One side or the other accuses the opposite group of being fake Christians, even atheists posing as Christians, to make Christians and Christianity look bad. Round and round it goes ad nauseum. When it isn’t downright annoying it can be rather amusing.

I concur: that’s not my religion, that’s not my god you’re criticizing, they’re not true [insert religion here], [insert religion here] is a religion of peace, all religions are fundamentally for peace, all religions are for “good”. I have witnessed all of these. I don’t see the moderates religious winning the argument against the religious dickheads. Doubt, apathy, lack of belief is a much more powerful force against the kind of shit they’re selling.

To plant in the minds of the young a twisted and evil view of Christianity.

I’ve heard people say the same thing about Rush Limbaugh… that he’s secretly a liberal, and he’s doing all of this to show how ridiculous republicanism is.

The problem is, somewhere now decades later, someone forgot the joke, and the rest of the republicans decided they’d be more like Rush and less like Eisenhower or the great true conservatives of his era, persona like Churchill. Serious-minded people for serious issues. The demagogs won out over the pragmatists. I blame it on pro wrestling.

Landover Baptist is a lot funnier.