Secularism as Mummery

secularist n One who is gripped by the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be praying.

Cynicism as Mummery

cynic n One who impersonates a sophisticate by doggedly taking the worst view of everything.

Atheism as Mummery

atheist n One who spends nine hours a day arguing that he does not have a God-shaped hole in his heart.

Reductionism as Mummery

reductionist n One who angrily contends that we would have a profound and complete understanding of English literature, if only we knew enough about the chemistry of ink and wood pulp.

Empiricism as Mummery

empiricist n One who repetitively makes an angry, hectoring claim that every claim must be based upon "evidence." No evidence for the claim that every claim must be based upon "evidence" is ever submitted.

Rationalism as Mummery

rationalist n One who is adept at passing high pressure rhetoric off as "reason."