There was a goofily enthusiastic op-ed in the New York Times yesterday on a movement to rename atheists, agnostics and other such godless heretics. The suggestion is that they should be dubbed “bright.” There’s even a horribly gung ho website to back it up. “Bright?” Oh, come on. That won’t do. Part of the pleasure in not being religious (and I should know) is a certain morbid delight in the thought of the futility of existence – “the dog barks,” as the saying goes, “but the caravan moves on.” “Bright” is far too optimistic and far, far too chirpy. How about “doomed?” It’s accurate (we all are, in the end) and, what’s more, it will give more devout folk a certain grim satisfaction.