This occurred to me upon reflection:
Slackers know they are slackers. By over reacting with horror aplenty at the mere presence of an atheist they are trying to put on a good show for God (and themselves) despite their doubting nature that makes them slackers in the first place.
They doth protest too much.
Slackers know they are slackers. By over reacting with horror aplenty at the mere presence of an atheist they are trying to put on a good show for God (and themselves) despite their doubting nature that makes them slackers in the first place.
They doth protest too much.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.