What Is Atheism?

 What is atheism? 

(Someone holding a sign that says "Stand up for science as if your life depends on it.")

Theism means the belief in the existence of at least one deity.

Atheism is the lack of belief in a deity/deities.

The A in atheism means no or without, without god or no god. (Like asymptomatic means without symptoms/no symptoms.) 

Atheists don't believe in a god/gods. That is it, nothing less and nothing more. 

A lot of people think atheists don't believe in anything or have no morals, and that would be wrong. Atheists believe in plenty of things, just not a god or gods. What an atheist believes in depends on who you ask, the only common thing we have is that we don't believe in a god/gods. Atheists have plenty of morals too, the morals also depend on who you ask. 

I am an atheist. I believe in kindness, empathy, and compassion. I also believe in science, love, and loyalty. Another atheist might believe in something else.

I have morals like, don't kill, don't rape, and be truthful. (of course, you can lie to save your life or someone else's life, but don't go around lying about every single little thing.) Another atheist might have other morals. 

I have these beliefs and morals because I don't want to go around hurting people and being a cruel person.  

A lot of people seem to theink all atheists believe the Big Bang happened, when no we don't all think it happened, it's just another idea of how the world came to be. None of us will know how the earth was made or how the universe came to be, no one was there to see it happen, so all we have are ideas and beliefs. 

My morals and beliefs come from empathy and wanting to be a good person.