As a matter of fact, I don't know a single scientist or atheist who decries poetry, song, family or cultural traditions. I am both those things and I love poetry, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Ravel, Gershwin, Bernstein, Manuel de Falla, flamenco, Vaughan Williams, opera, ballet, Elvis, the Beatles, Rhihanna and musicals. As we all know, jazz is crap, but hey. ;-) You can't keep me out of cathedrals and village churches and I never miss an opportunity to go to art galleries in the European cities I visit. I was bowled over by Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and the archaeological museum in Naples and have visited archaeological sites all over Cyprus, Sicily and Andalucia. This year I'm hoping to visit the ancient cities of Puglia, and I shall be visiting the Mezquita and other sites in and around Córdoba this summer. How odd then that I adhere strictly to the scientific process for evidence of what is really true. How odd that I can do that yet still allow my imagination its full wings in all those areas of art and culture. The thing is, I'm not going to blur the lines in my head between what is the culture that enhances humanity and what is damaging and controlling mythology. The aim of organised religion is to make sure that its flock can't tell the difference. It certainly seems to have worked on Joe Offer, going from his recent posts. They may have taught cynicism in that seminary of his, but they appear not to have taught scepticism and the need for evidence.