The temptation is just too strong when you're a failing, talentless musician and all you have to do is sing "praise Jesus" over a couple of chords to get the faithful to throw money at you.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell