That was not the intent and my apologies if you or anyone else took it that way. It was a joke, and personally I’m an equal-opportunity critic of all silly religious rituals, especially those that are sometimes allowed to take priority over science and reason and sometimes over life itself. My point was that anyone who believed in the kind of nonsense described in the OP could not possibly have a handle on science and reason. It was neither political nor anti-religion per se. Is this crisis causing us all to lose our sense of humor?