What sysk is saying that atheism is not the belief that no god exists, but rather the lack of a belief in a god.
It's also not as if any two unsubstantiated and unprovable positions are just as likely to be true; see Russell's teapot[1].
It's also not as if any two unsubstantiated and unprovable positions are just as likely to be true; see Russell's teapot[1].
I think what you refer to as atheism seems closer to antitheism than anything else. The difference here is the same as the difference between "asocial" and "antisocial".
One can be an agnostic christian, for instance, in which case one would believe that it is unknown or unknowable whether the divine or supernatural exists (and believe in it still).
What I'm relating to the difference between "asocial" and "antisocial" is the difference between "atheist" and "antitheist".