Why do people automatically believe that atheism is the equivalency to nihilism?

[ArianaRBanach]

Atheism is just the denial of conventional religious beliefs,not the denial of existence. Why do so many people always claim that atheism is the denial of existence?

[JohnLDehaven]

I've always asked the same thing. Some people assume that, if you're an atheist, then you think everything is meaningless. It's annoying.

[FrankieBig]

lack of intelligence