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Maybe it's my personal immaturity, but I find individuals with strong religious views that do not think about religion in the context of science as more commendable than diehard atheist scientists. There is a trend for atheists to take up atheism, or worse, science, as a belief system (which it shouldn't be). Just the idea of mixing any kind of faith with science is a corruption of science's core values, because it requires an acceptance of truth that you can't have if "believe" something. I think the same goes with people that use science as a tool to help them "not believe" something, which is hardly any different from "believing" something. In this circumstance, perhaps self-enforced ignorance is better.