Selective skepticism and selective reason can and do coexist in some Human minds…but not in any logical sense. Mario Bird is clearly not skeptical of his own beliefs. Science is ruthlessly skeptical of its own evidence, findings and conclusions. Faith is a selective suspension of reason. In its most virulent form, faith is skeptical of everything but itself…in that sense the “true believer” is more of a “true disbeliever.” The differences in these excellent Wohlforth columns on the various religious figures in our community derive from the individual characteristics of the subject persons. Some are congenial…others rather nasty. All derive their faith from the same nebulous premise…the existence of and interference in our lives of invisible beings possessing no corporeal attributes…that is, entirely lacking the fleshly components associated with what we call “consciousness.”