One of the many dilemmas for a skeptic of religion is the recognition that atheism, secularism, skepticism, etc., produce arguably a lot of good philosophy, a lot of good science, perhaps good public policy, but they typically do not produce great culture. The great vectors of Western - and here "Eastern" - Civilization have often been religious institutions and traditions. Johann Sebastian Bach did not write compositions for the Princeton Math department; he wrote largely religious compositions reflecting his Protestant faith and perhaps more generally Protestant civilization.