Just to quibble, I would call it a lack of one, a specific one.
Just to quibble, myself, I'd say atheism is a belief system that there is no deity. Agnosticism would be lack of belief.
295 posted on 01/19/2005 4:20:29 PM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
(Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)