Oh, and besides the atheism traits, also watch out for the Pedantic/Scholastic/Erudite/Cultured trait. Cultured gives you +1 Influence. Erudite, the next level, gives you +1 Management. Scholastic gives you -1 Influence among other things, and the last level, Pedantic, gives you -2. The progression is very swift if you leave that general in a settlement with a school building.

Careful! The trait itself gives you higher chances of quite a bit of other traits, but unless your FM is very sharp, he will only get the Pedantic trait. Seriously, EB trait system has 8 levels of dullness/sharpness and jut about every level, no matter how dull, can get the Pedantic trait. This needs to be nerfed.