A reason why people remain religious

[ignoramus]

One reason is because many don't want to associate with the type of atheists that get the most attention, so they state they are a theist when in fact they don't believe.....basically you get a few atheists who don't live by the own standards they praise, so you get other atheists who don't want to be looked down upon for associating themselves with those vocal atheists.

If the most prominent atheists cared to actually live by secular values instead of their own illogical emotional rants, you would have less and less atheists label themselves as theists.

Agree.
Whatever it takes to minimise the religious attendances is a good thing ultimately.