How far up are your luxury suites in the ivory tower? 

 A call to arms to rise up against mysticism and carry the banner of "plain truth?"   As a person who believes in God, has had religious training, but also is a student of science and logic, I found Mr. Harris email amusing, if slightly patronizing.

He fails to recognize that there was a time when almost all of our great leaders, scientists and philosophers not only believed in God, but were downright pious.  A country with no religion is not the answer.  A country where religion is practiced where religion should be practiced, in one's personal life, is.  The Bible, the Talmud and the Koran were the first and probably most important literature to almost every great thinker since the Dark Ages.  If you are not willing to accept that simple truth, then how can you have an intellectual conversation regarding this subject.

As to Ms. Gold, comics not touching on the "myth of religion?"  The greatest comics of all time have borrowed from, thrown daggers at and poked holes in religion and religious stories. Religion is not a taboo subject and your self enlistment in the army of cynics is self-serving and tedious.  you might as well have included that you will doing two shows at the Ha Ha Hole on Friday.