I recently came across biblelife.org, a hilariously over-the-top site that is apparently where the evangelical, fad-diet, and fanatically anti-vegetarian traditions in quackery meet. And the guy who runs it — Rev. Kent — is also the president of a company that makes belt pulleys, or something. In any case, I wrote the Good Reverend to thank him for all of his valuable insights, and he wrote back — to tell me I “lack an indwelling of the holy spirit,” “have been brainwashed,” have “Obsessive Compulsive Controlling Disorder,” and both “hate god” and “worship animals.” Which probably explains my profound ambivalence towards Toto from “The Wizard of Oz,” who as a child I always found kind of god-like and detestable.
March 2, 2007