sisy...,
Atheism is defined as an absence of theist belief.
The absence of a belief is not the same as a belief in the opposite.
Some atheists do take the extra step and assert that a god or gods do not exist. This is known as strong atheism.
The weak athiest position which is simply disbelief is also what most lay people consider agnosticsm.
I prefer to disassociate myself from the term atheism altogether because of the confused definitions and generally erroneous perceptions and simply accept the label of skeptic.
