And exactly like atheism, it is the intense, structured formation of a formal critique in analysis, a thought experiment to test the default assumption, an attempt to understand why the starting conclusion "feels wrong" than directly leads to a unwinnable confrontation with the magical thinking that underpins both of these enterprises

Like a bishop once told me, not all atheists went to seminary but studying at a seminary "earnestly, in good faith" will inevitably lead to a struggle with atheism for the rest of their life