Is nihilism the logical extreme of atheism?

[Thumpalumpacus]

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If you're not willing to assign meaning to your life, that's fine. It's no surprise that someone who finds their own life meaningless should cast aspersions upon the significance of others. Skating is easier downhill.

eta: Also, I've emboldened the passage where you're begging the question.

He does give his life meaning. Nihilism, to him, means he's free to do what he likes. That's my issue with nihilism, it implodes on itself whenever I entertain the idea. Am I doing it wrong or is this a common experience?

It's hard for me to escape the feeling that that is a semantic objection. Just because "nihilism" has a meaning doesn't mean that he assigns any meaning to his own life. What's happening here, I think, is that two different connotations of "meaning" are being equivocated.

I don't know that you're thinking wrong or right. I do know that this is a very rare experience for me -- a philosophical discussion that is interesting.