My argument for atheism +

[Belacqua]

Are you sure you’ve thought this through? Most importantly Atheism is most certainly not the belief that god almost (sic?) certainly does not exist. It is a non position not the wishy washy compromise of agnosticism, Atheists do not equivocate “maybe there is a god maybe there isn’t, I just don’t know” Atheists do not believe a god exists. It is not a philosophical position it is not “just like the religious but the opposite” It is not a position one advocates or argues I do not have the belief that god exists but nor do Believe it does not exist it is a non position. Again do not mistake it for uncertainty if you ask me if I believe god exists my answer is no, I do not believe that. But there is no desire to convince anyone of my non belief only believers try to convince others to adopt their beliefs.  any self identified atheist who feels compelled to convince others god does not exist needs to consider they aren’t atheist after all and that’s ok atheist is not a club or group one can belong to it is merely the term for certain people who do not believe god exists. Lots of people don’t believe in god but are not atheists in fact I’d guess most non believers are not atheist. I’m certainly not an atheist. Meaning I don’t care. If god exists it would not affect me at all. I have my beliefs and they will not change because some sky fairy who does really fucked up stuff tells me to do something messed up like stoning women because they had the audacity to get raped or to cut the tip of my kids penis off to remind me gods my dude. So I’m apathetic my answer to the question is who cares we got stuff to do if he wants to help fine if not he can f$&! off.

Also, you are aware that logically it is not possible to prove a negative right? That being the case why make the attempt. Another problem is I am not sure what would motivate an atheist to attempt to convince others to not believe something. I couldn’t imagine saying “hey, you know what I don’t believe? Turtles! And you shouldn’t either. I mean we don’t get to go to unicorn fairy land if we convince others to adopt our non position. What do I care whether others believe in sky fairies? I’ve found that you can’t use logic to persuade people from a position they didn’t use logic to get to.

I'm not yet understanding the various categories that you describe.

Let's say that "I believe X" means "I hold X to be true." 

And let's work with the statement "I believe that there is a God." 

It looks to me as though agnostics, atheists, and apathetics would all be people who DON'T hold that statement to be true. 

Isn't that a major similarity among all three of those groups?