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You may know the expression "herding cats" and how this is often applied to the difficulty of getting those of us who lack religious faith to agree on anything. So, in a world in which non-believers are generally as politically diverse as we humans get, it's interesting to look for the common denominators in the world views of the non-believers. In an interesting article found on Psychology Today they do just that, and we get to see some of the beliefs that the non-believers generally do share. According to the article they boil down to seven general tenants of common sense;

Everything since the Big Bang can be explained naturally

We can only speculate about what "caused" the Big Bang

Ethics do not require a God

Religion is man-made

The God of the Bible is especially implausible

The idea of prophecy is even less plausible than a God

Only humans can solve human challenges

To read more about each of these points the non-believers can agree on, find your way to Psychology Today where they are discussed in more detail. Or you can jump right into the nitty-gritty of a general non-religious world view by reading a good book about humanism.

With a thanks to writer Ken MacLeod for providing this great link. He has an excellent new dystopian thriller out called Intrusion, which you may want to check out. It's already been compared to Orwell's 1984, set in near-future English setting.