Does atheism inspire people?

[Rev. Rye]

Well, atheism itself doesn't inspire great art, because, in essence, it is a lack of belief in God, but there have been artists, authors, &c, who don't believe in God, and here are just a few works that were created by atheists:

Books:
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* Lucky Jim
* The Foundation Trilogy
* Go Tell it On the Mountain
* Ham on Rye
* Uncle Vanya
* Silas Marner
* Pillars of the Earth
* Room with a View
* The Magus
* The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
* Raisin in the Sun
* The Elementary Particles
* A Shropshire Lad
* A Doll's House
* The Metamorphosis
* Survival in Auschwitz
* The Call of Cthulhu
* Death of a Salesman
* 1984
* In Search of Lost Time
* His Dark Materials
* Midnight's Children
* Where the Wild Things Are
* Pygmalion
* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
* Slaughterhouse-5
* Bonfire of the Vanities

Films (the directors of these films are atheists)
* Annie Hall
* M*A*S*H
* The Others
* L'Avventura
* The Exterminating Angel
* Titanic
* Modern Times
* The Fly
* Dead Ringers
* Singin' in the Rain
* Alexander Nevsky
* Draughtsman's Contract
* Fitzcarraldo
* Maltese Falcon
* El Topo
* A Clockwork Orange
* Chinatown
* The Jerk
* The Princess Bride
* Dirty Harry
* Ocean's Eleven
* Lola Rennt
* The Avengers (The new one, duh!)

Atheist Composers and Bands:
* Bela Bartok
* The Beatles
* Hector Berlioz
* Georges Bizet
* Flaming Lips
* David Gray
* Leos Janacek
* Tim Minchin
* Charlie Parker
* Sergei Prokofiev
* Maurice Ravel
* Rammstein
* Rush
* Pink Floyd
* Pixies
* Edgard Varese
* Frank Zappa

So, basically, we're not culturally sterile.