Steven Taylor makes some excellent points on the subject here and here.
I have to acknowledge that, while being avovedly irreligious can be uncomfortable in some settings (say, virtually anywhere in the Deep South), there are many places, notably the academy, where being openly religious is a liability. Second, those of us who are non-theistic need to be cognizant of the fact that being highly intelligent and deeply religious are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, outside the academy, bright non-Brights almost certainly outnumber the bright-Brights. (Dean makes a version of this point, too.)
