Has atheism made you different?

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There are 2 truth claims regarding the existence of the teapot, or a god.

The first is that it exists. The other is that it does not exist.

If someone claims a god exists, when an atheist responds, "I don't believe you". This position of the lack of belief in a god or a teapot, does not necessitate having the inverse belief.

Here's an example. Lets say there's a contest to guess how many gumballs there are in a large jar. Closest wins. If someone claims that there is an even number of gumballs, without having any sort of evidence, and I say, "I don't believe you". That doesn't mean I now believe there is an odd number of gumballs in the jar. I withhold belief on either possibility until there is supporting evidence.

Wish it been explained to me that clearly at first. When I was still a christian and even after I changed to deism I thought atheists were all gnostic. Once I realized this was not the case I wasn't so bothered by it. It was an ignorant assumption to make but I can understand why I did think that since my first encounters were with youtube atheists. I have since realized youtube comment sections are not a good way to judge a group of people.