Guest columnist misinterprets atheismI’d like to congratulate Mr. Worsham on being ready for mainstream news media. It takes true skill to misrepresent people and ideas in the manner he did. For example, did he even click on the links in Epstein’s bio? He does not call himself anything. He attained the title of rabbi by completing the program at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, which is accompanied by a master’s degree. The title of “chaplain” comes from his position as one of forty Harvard chaplains that serve as spiritual leaders for students at the school.He is obviously a religious man, which brings me to what was suppose to be Worsham’s clever point of why don’t they just talk about, “an alternative to religious belief,” instead of an alternative to God. Worsham’s problem is that he supposes that atheism precludes being spiritual or even religious. It does not. Atheist simply means one does not believe in God. So considering Epstein’s experience and maybe a quick perusal of one or two summaries of his book, do think it is about offering an alternative to religious belief or an alternative to dogmatic theism?As for the way he sensationalizes the subway advertisements, I find it appalling. While I am sure Epstein purposely coincided the release of his book with the advertisements, that was certainly not their main point. At no point do any major news articles link the two, and this could have only been discovered by his journalistic digging (too bad he couldn’t be bothered to do any other digging). These ads are meant to let other atheists know that they are not alone in their views. As an atheist myself, I find this very important, considering a 2006 study by the American Sociological Institution concluded that we are the least trusted group in America.So, Worsham, when is your interview at Fox news?Brandon LeeEnglish seniorCritical Mass harmful to biking awarenessI am an avid cyclist, most recently riding in the Tour de Tangi (60 mile ride) last September in Hammond, and hoping to be prepared enough to ride the MS 150 (150 miles over two days) next fall.But I have never participated in a Critical Mass for the exact reason Mark Macmurdo stated in the second paragraph of his Thursday column, the practice of corking.Corking is illegal and counter-productive to the goal of increasing driver awareness of cyclists’ right to the road.  When caravaning with 5 cars, are we allowed to blow through a red light just to stay up with the leader?  Why does CM feel it’s allowed to do the same?The fact is that when you bring a bike on the road, you are a vehicle, subject to all the same rules that a car is subject to.  If you blow through a stop sign, you can get a ticket.  If you ride drunk, you can get a DWI.By corking, CM sends the message to motorists that “We have a right to your road, but we don’t care about your rules.”  Just because the CM riders are inexperienced group riders is no reason to enrage drivers who are following the law.Corking is easily avoidable to experienced group riders. All it takes is for riders who see the light change to yellow to yell “YELLOW” both back and front. This alerts those behind that those in front of them will be slowing and stopping, and alerts those in front to either slow down to a crawl till the group catches up, or to pull into a parking lot to wait.Until CM ends this illegal practice that causes motorists to care even less about us as they have to sit through a green light while trying to get home in Friday afternoon traffic, I will continue to not ride with CM and discourage others from riding. As far as I’m concerned, CM is part of the problem with motorists awareness of cyclists, not part of the solution.David PerrinSt. Gabriel resident