Is atheism a belief?

[Magilla]

Atheism is undoubtedly a belief, don't delude yourself.

Belief in this case is referring to an ideology / idea.  Atheism is an ideology, ("ism" in 'atheism' means "a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice") hence why you guys are constantly trying to form tactics to try and actively counter theist arguments...

How many "abigfootist" forums have you joined?

But what if you don't join any abigfootoist or atheist forums whatsoever?

If atheism is a belief, then baldness is a hair colour, or abstinence is a sexual position.
A bald person can wear a hat, just as any hirsute person can. Hat wearing doesn't
make baldness a hair colour, or any hair at all, (tautology!!!). A hat is something other
than the hair colour. Bald people can wear many kinds and colours of hat, or no hat
at all.

Atheism can be a belief system, but not necessarily. It can, (on the other hand), also be
nothing more than an absence of a belief, (in any deities).

For the latter, if a person is any kind of thinking non-believer, they will have opinions on
many matters which their lack of belief impinges upon. Why would anyone want to adhere
to other people's dogmas when those dogmas are based on a god-belief, and the original
person is not convinced of the truth or validity of that god-belief.

However, there is no such thing as an atheist dogma or creed, or doctrine, (as one might find
in a religion). The saying goes that getting atheists to agree is often as difficult as herding cat.
We atheist are free to be individuals, to differ, to be wise or to be idiots. But adherence to a
dogma - not really.

I think that the thinking atheists might agree that evidence, logic, rationality and so on are
good things to use in one's evaluations, but why would ANYBODY subscribe to: lack of evidence,
illogical and irrationality? Acknowledging evidence, logic, rationality and so on as highly valuable is
hardly a dogma or a doctrine.

Wikipedia on -ism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ism

The suffix "-ism" is neutral and therefore bears no connotations associated with any of the many ideologies it identifies; such determinations can only be informed by public opinion regarding specific ideologies.

Magilla