I think the word I was searching for in the post’s last paragraph is cocksure.

I have thought for a long time that if I had been an investigator when the ERA stuff went down, I wouldn’t have joined. But why is it okay to do so later? It’s not like the powers-that-be changed their minds or anything.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the ERA?

Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.…

The LDS church was involved in organizing a grassroots effort to defeat ratification of the ERA. According to this article, “Many sociologists of religion place the Mormon Church’s activities as pivotal in a new coalition of the religious right after their anti-ERA campaign.”

I started this blog as a way of communicating with my family about my change from believing Mormon to agnostic atheist (or whatever label applies to me these days). So I probably spend more time denouncing religion than promoting it.

Yes, you do denounce, but you don’t make fun. At least it doesn’t come across as being mean. Which is why I keep reading.