Originally Posted by
ouchpotato 
Hmmm. Had to get a precise definition; "An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings."
Atheism means to lack theism.
A person
could identify as atheist and assert that there are no gods, but most atheists do not do this. They simply lack theism.
I do not assert that there are no gods. I assert that I lack theism.