After heeding the Surgeon General's statutory warning that lives, bridges and sermons are not to demise on the reprise of this theme, shall we visit the premise of charlatanism and test its truth and troth. Charlatans are contextual chameleons who can hold a conversation about any topic without having a deeper insight into definitions or knowing whether or not their claims are based on factual grounds. I am hard pressed to meet a Christian or sober- minded secular intellectual who will sanctify this concept. A few … [Read more...] about An Apologia for Charlatanism – On the art of reading much and knowing little