Herman Melville wrote

Rome and the Atheist have gained:
These two shall fight it out—these two;

Protestantism being retained
For base of operations sly
by Atheism.

I think of that as I read the account of Matthew Parris (whose remarkable irrationalism I discussed here) goes to bat against the Catholic team as a “Protestant atheist” at a recent debate in England.

I had the great honor of toodling Piers Paul Read around Seattle a little while back. Wonderful man. I’m happy to see him out there battling for the Faith!