[Serious] Absolutes and Atheism

[Deesse23]

At the same time, if atheism is simply a lack of belief in the divine,

It IS, my friend, it IS.

then it is a kind of hole. IMHO holes are, in their own way a thing and can have their own unique qualities.

False equivalence
Why is it so hard to understand for someone like you that "i dont believe in a god", means that, just that? There are no necessary further philosophical or intellectual implications from this.period.
Your incredulity to this very simple fact does not change this very simple fact.

So it is right an proper atheism would be variously expressed in the intellectual life of individual atheists, just as theistic belief manifests itself in various ways.

Want me to lecture you on "proper belief"? No? Then please cut this crap
Atheism manifests itelf in one and ONE way: "I dont f.ing believe in a god.period.aaaand.end".

If a hole, a true physical lack

A hole is defined by the stuff around it.
Listen to yourself how desperately you are tryign to portray atheism as "just another belief". Why is that? Do you maybe realize, deep inside, how weak your position is?

, can have size and shape then so also an intellectual hole can be described by the extent to which it fails to inform other beliefs.

Finally you have (accidentally, per your silly false equivocation) acknowledged that atheism "fails to inform about other beliefs"
Seriously drop that silly false equivocation. Its embarrassingly stupid. Please leve philosophy to people who know wtf they are talking about.

And maybe the hole isn't really about the divine as-such; but rather the function served by belief in the divine.

And maybe you are now just talking out of your rear end.

And the efficacy of reason is one of the foundational principles of classical theism. So the skeptics method of disposing of theism also disposes them of appeal to reason.

What a cheap attempt of painting sceptics as unresonable (as opposed to theists). Dont we deserve more effort from your side? Come on, dont be so intellectually lazy.
Show us how reasonable you are. Why do you believe in (whichever) god? Give us your BEST argument.