> Maybe I hang out with too many cynical people, but the Heretics I've run into have usually been pretty popular with coworkers, at least if the Heretic is also a reasonably intelligent and sociable person (rather than the muttering-darkly-in-the-corner variety).

Sadly for the Heretic, that won't help them when the boss fires them. It makes for nice post-"layoff" lunches, though.