Well done for picking up on this, Sentinel, it caught my eye as well. Would “christian sceptic” be considered an oxymoron? When reading some of these it may be apparent that it is - “sane conspiracy theorist”, or “honest crook”, or “exact estimate”. In this case I think a more appropriate oxymoron comes to mind - “clearly confused”. 
I agree with your takes on this -
Followed up with a solution to the problem -
Agreed. It just doesn’t make sense to me.