That's correct. But it's true that not everyone uses it that way. These divergent uses are sometimes called "weak atheism" and "strong atheism". The difference is between "I don't believe there are gods" and "I believe there are no gods". I'm using the former definition.
If someone claims they know for a facts that no gods exist, I think that could arguably be called a religion. Where as I just assume no gods exist until I see some evidence to the contrary.
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That's correct. But it's true that not everyone uses it that way. These divergent uses are sometimes called "weak atheism" and "strong atheism". The difference is between "I don't believe there are gods" and "I believe there are no gods". I'm using the former definition.
If someone claims they know for a facts that no gods exist, I think that could arguably be called a religion. Where as I just assume no gods exist until I see some evidence to the contrary.