PZ has been running his “Why I am an atheist” feature for some time now. The range of answers is fascinating. They range from the blunt single line to life stories. I haven’t added mine only because I don’t think it’s that interesting. I wasn’t raised in any religion. I’ve never found a good reason to believe in any of the many contradictory gods. Religious people should maybe call me after they all (I’ll accept 80%) manage to agree on one in detail. The end.

Boring.

Crommunist is doing something a bit different:

The accusations are as tedious as they are false. There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that people who lack a god belief are less moral than those who have one. Indeed, one could make the argument that the association between the most vile behaviours humankind struggles with – anti-gay hatred, suicide bombing, tribalist racism – and fervent religious expression suggests the exact opposite: that god-belief provides a convenient excuse for those who wish to do evil. Whatever the truth is, theist apologists are perhaps the least qualified to tell the world what atheists do as a consequence of their atheism.

Many of you have undoubtedly seen PZ Myers’ “why I am an atheist” series on Pharyngula. His purpose is to provide a variety of answers to the question “why are you an atheist” that go beyond the simplistic tautology of “because I lack a god belief”. In a similar vein, I thought I would share some of the specific ways that acknowledging my atheism has changed my life:

His answers are here. I’ve already given him mine, or the most important bit of mine. I’ll point to it when it goes up. In the meantime, won’t you add yours?