“God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable.  They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters.” H.L. Mencken   “I find it necessary to wash my hands after I have come   into contact with religious people.” Friedrich Nietzsche   Recent A/N threads have generated much t…