Okay, so here is the second post. Preface: It seems a lot of people are confused (and rightly so) about whether "Tom Johnson" is or isn't who I thought he was after checking his identity. This may be in part because my alarmed and shocked post on Wednesday was less than perfectly clear. However, at the same time, there has been much leaping to conclusions about what happened here, and much assuming of the worst. Well, much--although not all--will be revealed....
* * * * * * "Tom Johnson." Back in October, "Tom Johnson" posted a personal story on this blog as a comment. And then I did something that, if I'd known one tenth of what I know now, I would not have done: I gave it some added attention. More specifically, I elevated the comment into an individual post and later thanked "Tom" for sharing it. I had no problem doing this at the time. It was just a blog post, and I had no reason to think there was anything fishy going on. And I did note that the story was "one individual’s experience and point of view, and nothing more." Granted, "Johnson" was on my side of the so-called New Atheist/accommodationist issue. However, after some questioned his ...