Reply #53: I don't quite understand your point.

[Evoman]

If it seems that people assume that your a christian, it's probably because 99 percent of the people they know are christian. Making assumptions based on culture and geography makes sense, even if it's not altogether fair for the minority. Other than that, many atheists are ex-christians, so it makes sense the religion they tend to criticise is christianity. Many atheists are culturally christians (which is not to say they are christian, or follow christianity). I'm sure if most of us travelled to a muslim country or lived in jewish town, we would criticize those religions.

I also am not quite sure what you mean by "propogating a religion through negative reinforcement". Could you elaborate on this?