More of my favorite H.L. Mencken
 
...The only really respectable Protestants are theFundamentalists. Unfortunately, they are also palpable idiots...
 
What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world?Answer: he gets his living by assuring idiots that he can save themfrom an imaginary hell. It is a business almost indistinguishable fromthat of a seller of snake-oil for rheumatism.