Weak atheism
Weak atheism or negative atheism is the lack of belief in any gods without the conviction that no gods exist. Equivalent to the term nontheists. This also describes some agnostics ("weak agnostics").Weak atheism is in contrast to strong atheism, in which the atheist makes the positive assertion that there are no gods, and theism, in which the theist asserts that there is at least one god of some kind. The terms atheist and atheism are usually used to indicate strong atheism. As part of their activism, positive atheists are trying to teach people that when they use the term atheist or atheism they mean weak atheism.
Weak atheism includes all the other meanings of atheism under its banner. So all strong atheists are by definiton weak atheists, but weak atheists are not strong atheists.
The difference between "strong" and "weak" atheism might be summed up as follows: strong atheism is the "belief" that there are no gods, while weak atheism is the "lack" of belief in god(s).
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