The only similarity between me and Jesus Christ is that I will probably end up getting lynched too.

But I try to be good Christian, and one reason I think I am succeeding is because I am the exact opposite of professional preachers.

I don’t think there is anybody anymore who thinks liberal professional preachers regard their religious pretense as anything more than a useful pose for pushing their political agenda.

But a lot of people think professional conservative preachers actually believe what they say.

When conservative preachers find something their congregations want to believe, or when they need to say something to pacify liberals, they drag a quote out of the Old Testament to back up whatever they need to say.

If a conservative preacher is desperate enough, he will even quote Jesus, though they hate to do that and almost never do.

My situation is entirely different. I will work something out, boil my belief down to its essence, and then suddenly remember that Jesus said the same thing better two thousand years ago.

For example, I denounce the professors, who are almost universally evil people.

And yes, Virginia, I DO know the difference between “evil” and “honestly mistaken.” I meant evil.

Then I realize that Jesus said the same thing, but better, about the Learned Doctors of His own time, the priests and scribes and Pharisees. They were almost all evil men. I meant evil, and Jesus called them that.