Phil Zuckerman is the author of Society Without God and the forthcoming book Faith No More: How and Why People Reject Religion.
He spoke at the Freedom From Religion Foundation‘s convention last November and a transcript of his talk is now available online in the most recent issue of Freethought Today.
In it, he listed (in no particular order) the Top 10 good things about being godless:
- Secularity is on the rise in the U.S. and throughout much of the world.
- Godless people and secular people are less sexist, less chauvinistic and much more supportive of women’s rights.
- We are more tolerant and accepting of others not like us.
- We are better educated and maybe even a little bit smarter.
- The godless are less homophobic.
- We are more moral and more ethical.
- Atheists experience and enjoy more oral sex than religious people do.
- We are better parents.
- When there are a lot of us in one place or one nation or one state or one group, the result is societal success and well being.
- We’re just better looking.
Obviously, some of those items are tongue-in-cheek, some are debatable, and some are very serious. Before commenting on any of them, check out how Zuckerman defends each item in the actual piece, since he goes into quite a bit of depth.
