"..the private thoughts of composers." Gee, if I did not know better, I'd think that was meant sarcastically.

1)   I have a substantial library of books on serious topics--lopsidedly music and history.   I'm hopelessly addicted to reading--always nonfiction. I do not reject any source out of hand--including Wiki, though it always needs outside corroboration.   But I do not just pillage the Net for a phrase that will support my point.    I try to give exact sources--as anybody can do.

2) Obviously nobody can know 'private thoughts'.   All we can do is read what a person has said--and how he or she has acted.   I try to give exact quotes, and sources.   Anybody else is invited to do the same.

3)   This poster also, it seems, needs a course in reading English.   I've said more than once that it bothers me not in the least if an atheist writes a Christian piece, as long as the composer is respectful of the tradition.

To be continued