Is atheism a belief?

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If most people here merely lack a belief one way or the other when it’s come to the question of God, they’d fall under the category of agnostic.

Agnostic atheists, yeah.  They do, they keep telling folks that, but there's a type of person that's just so fucking dense they'll never hear it, lol.

If they believe God doesn’t exist, they’d fall under the category of atheist.

Yep, also atheists..though they could -also- be agnostic atheists. The only people who -aren't- agnostic atheists are the ones who -know- that god does not exist. Gnostic atheism.

No there’s two definitions being employeed here, the traditional distinctions based on belief vs lack of belief, and one in the newer conception where the distinction between knowing and not knowing is emphasized.

The traditional definitions lack a distinction between knowing and not knowing, the newer definition lacks a distinction between believing and not believing.

Depending on which distinction you find most useful, one definition is more useful than the other.