It’s odd you think I’m being defensive of my religious beliefs when that is precisely what I’m making a point not to do – both in my own commentary and in how I suggest Romney would respond to religious questioning.

On the contrary, I’m arguing against sentiments like this:

I’ll agree it’s not paranoia if you can give me a supportive model and the data to back it up. In other words, give me your testable hypothesis on how the belief set that comes along with being devout Mormon makes one less fit to be POTUS, and then check the data to see if it is supportive.