Father Loftus

Expect the smear campaign to start soon afterward on Amazon, as it happened (and continues to happen) to my other two books. It’s a war over there from deluded believers who think what I’m doing is a much more serious threat to their faith than most others, whether that's true or not (hey, they’re deluded so why should we think they know who best to target?).

http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2011/05/end-of-christianity-will-be-available.html

John Loftus evidently lacks intellectual confidence in the quality of the forthcoming book he edited. Hence, he feels the need to launch a first-strike to preemptively discredit whatever Christians might have to say by way of reply. By the same token, he lacks confidence in the intellectual prowess of his constituency, since he feels the need to forewarn them to ignore whatever Christians might say in response.

Indeed, Loftus operates with the same mob psychology as the cult leader. “My children, we are the illuminati. Give no heed to what outsiders say. By definition, anyone who questions my oracles is sadly deluded. Let that be a warning to doubters in our midst. He who questions me shall be left behind when the Mothership docks.”