Doc Mojo, Defender of the Authority, reviews the latest tools of the evel apostate. Though showing his years, the Good Doctor has more big words at his command than you've got apostates in your backyard. Someone has even written a treatise on something some call the Mojo method.

1. Francesco Ficcccicchia

The Authoritative Order ought to have suspected something was awry with this impostor simply by noticing that he evidently cannot decide whether he's German or Italian. Unfortunately, by the time the Order caught onto Ficicchia's game, he had single-handedly transformed the Baha'i Faith Authority from an allegiant organization into a cult.

2. Denis "Paperback Writer" MacEoin

Doctor MacEoin, AKA Jonathan Aycliffe AKA Daniel Easterman, an Islamic Studies professor with a PhD in Persian studies from Cambridge, taught the Baha'is of the 1980s a vital lesson: it's hazardous to think too freely. With one's soul in the balance, it is best to let sleeping minds lie.

3. Juan Cole: "The Talisman"

Though the Baha'i Faith Authority claims that all its enemies simply fade into obscurity, this apostate, like MacEoin before him, showed that once one gets out of the shadow of Baha'i obscurity, one can make a name for oneself with a little luck.

Cole confronts the Authoritative Order

Cole caught red-handed (looks like pinot?)

4. K. Paul Johnson: Cereal Apostate

Once again we find someone who finds something interesting to do with his post-Baha'i life. Could be a pattern developing here?

Johnson in the years before turning against the Grape Nuts Coalition.

The last cereal that Johnson was seen turning his fickle allegiances to.

The truth is out there, or rather, it's right here.

5. William Garlington: the De-emphasizer

Garlington's fatal flaw, so perceptively recognized by Doc Mojo, was in his failure to see the central importance of big building projects to the Baha'i Faith Authority.

6. Eric Stetson: the Facilitator

Stetson's tireless efforts to direct ex-Baha'is toward more world-embracing, universalist theologies are the stuff of legend.

"Keep Left for Christ."

One of Stetson's early efforts to keep the Secret Society of Baha'i Apostates a secret.

7. Nima "Never Use A Name Twice" Hazini (AKA 'BB')

It takes a true apostate to recognize that yours truly is actually an agent of the Authoritative Order. To date, only Mr. Hazini and Fred Glaysher have been honored with this distinction.

8. Darrick "Trojan Horse" Evenson, Man of Many Faces (well, sort of)

Evenson, AKA 'CC', developed a reputation as a neo-anarchist, and after growing bored with Mormondom, infiltrated the Baha'i Faith.

Bored with racism in the Baha'i Faith, Derrick then turned to rock and roll.

Anyone who can positively identify either of the gentleman accompanying Mr. Evenson should notify the Baha'i Authoritative Order immediately!

9. Fred Glaysher, Man of Mystery

Agent Glaysher, a midwestern real estate magnate, passes his spare time fighting his arch-foe Doctor Mojo, spamming apostates, and making cameo appearances in independent espionage documentaries.

Glaysher Manor

10. "Flaming George" Flemming (AKA 'DD')

When Agent Fleming's up-line gave him an impossible mission, he chose not to accept it: Dear Baha'i friend, ... The National Spiritual Assembly therefore instructs you, with immediate effect, to cease and desist from participating in ... any ... unmoderated discussions conducted over email. The latest known hideaway of Agent Fleming: 280 W. Flaming George Green River, WY 82933

11. Alison Marshall: Anti-Cause celebrity

Crikey! An uppity woman is more than a little scary. The Boys on the Hill, tapping their deep reserves of conferred authority, booted Mrs. Marshall out of the Authority Club, thus, in their limitless wisdom, transformed a modest New Zealand gal into an international sensation overnight. I myself once was a big fan of Alison, that is until the day I realized that I'd been confusing her with Alanis Morissette.

12. Karen Bacquet: No time for marginality

When other young Baha'is of the '90s were holed up in downward spirals of self-marginalization, out in Cali, 'KB' was taking on the Mavericks. KB says, "when it was time to take that leap, I knew it, and I just let go of that Authoritative Order like just another breaker." Before the big wave season begins, Karen takes a moment to explain to Doc Mojo the subtle distinction between an apostate and a heretic.