[Schatze]

I believe that Akira is an overrated film (I stated that already, I know). I believe that Deus Ex: Invisible War is the result of a lot of bad gaming design decisions.

Gee, that's profound.

I believe that a lot of people here are mistaken as to what atheism is and is not.

Then enlighten us.

[Dimensio]

Gee, that's profound.

I offered a sampling of things that I believe. I never claimed that they were profound. I don't have time to go into "profound" beliefs.

Then enlighten us.

Fine.

Prefix A = without. Theism = belief in a god or gods. Therefore, a+theism = without + belief in a god or gods. Atheism = without belief in a god or gods.

That's it. No explicit assertion that "Deity X does not exist!" Merely a nonacceptance of the claim "god X (or gods X, Y, Z, etc) exist(s)". This nonacceptance could be a stubborn refusal in the face of evidence, a holdout in the abscence of evidence or merely a lack of knowledge of the proposition in the first place.