Hi LH,
I'm not sure if I am quite a "legitamate scientist" yet, but I am a PhD student in my third year with an honours degree in molecular genetics (from the University of Dundee) studying Breast Cancer and Nutrition.
I'm not sure if I have faith in the scientific status quo (three stories about HRT being bad, then good, then bad in a year will do that). However I definatly do not believe in a god figure either, in a research group of 7 people only one guy has any sort of religous belief at all.
I wouldn't describe myself as an athiest though!