A poe is a person posing as an extreme version of a religious viewpoint in order to parody it. Named after one Nathan Poe, who said basically that it is impossible, without other indicators, to tell an extreme religious position from a parody of one. No matter how ridiculously extreme such a position can appear, there is always someone who actually holds that position for real. Pious Paladin was actually mocking you, Randy.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
