Definition of "atheism"

[robvalue]

Yes exactly, I have said before that I don't think atheism really means anything, neither does theism, until you lay out at least some definition of God. But since most people won't even do that, it's a bit of a problem!

As I wrote on my website, my "atheism/theism" is split in a very trivial way. If the "God" in question is just something that clearly exists, then I'm a theist. So this is the universe, an apple, whatever. If it is something untestable or that I've never experienced, then I'm atheist.

It is rather a silly situation. But then God claims are silly. We're really talking about nothing more than disbelief in Santa or the Loch Ness monster.

I'd be happy to accept that God has to be intelligent... but you need more than that or else I am a god. It seems you almost have to make it unfalsifiable in some way before it counts as a god, thereby automatically rendering atheism the logical position.