The general population can be defined as being predominantly religious. If atheists were a part of the general population and not isolated by the religious then there would be no problem. Of course the problem is how do you define the "general population"? Is this the majority of people living in the US?
No, as everybo0dy in the world. Yes, more people are religious than not. My point is, the nonreligious are just as much people as anybody else.
And it isn't just the atheists who don't accept religious points of view, it's other religious points of view as well. And data don't support any of'm.
Someone once said, there is really only a very small difference between adherents to one religion and atheists; the former think all points of view but theirs are wrong, and the atheist just goes one point of view farther.