Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

[Vincenzo Vinny G.]

That question doesn't make sense to me.

Isn't the position you actually hold in line with agnosticism rather than atheism?

"Do you believe in God?"

I don't know - Agnostic

No - Atheist

I believe he doesn't exist - 'hard' atheist

I'm just throwing this out there, not necessarily saying whether it's accurate or not. Also should note that even a 'hard' atheist can be agnostic about it. Maybe negative atheism is for those who are roughly between 5.5 and 6.5 on the Dawkin's scale. Again, just speculation here.

This is a terrible criteria of definition because "believe in" can be so vague and has been interpreted in so many different ways.

The question ought to be "Does God exist?"
Theist: Yes
Agnostic: I don't know
Atheist: No

"Do you 'believe in' God?"
Practicing theists: Yes
Non practicing theists: Depends
Agnostics, atheists, otherwise irreligious: No

Here I'm taking that "believe in" means something different from "believe in the existence of."