WOW Vincent. Such elegant, poetic opinion. I can see in your vocabulary and word choice that you are a refined thinker, respectful of a diversity of opinion.

Your reference to the "depth of loathing" felt for Christians (in one of your responses to one of your responders below) made me wonder who you are making that claim for. Who exactly has "deep loathing" for Christians; I mean besides you obviously. Echo chamber?

As I read your piece I wondered what happened to you along your life path that made you so angry at others for no reason other than they had Faith. I mean you don't have to practice it. No one is forcing you to do anything Faith Full. It is apparent that you do hate Christians, and possibly others with faith-based practices in their lives. And that's OK. It a free country. We all get to walk the path and write the words of our choice.