No it doesn't because I'm cinvinced God doesn't exist. An Atheist doesn't rule out the existence of a god, but simply isn't convinced there is.
No mate. An atheist takes the view that deities definitely don’t exist. Agnostics are what you’re referring to there.
I used to have to go church with my nan and cousins when I was proper yoot. Even at that age I knew that we (the grandkids) were being shafted. None of our parents went. But we all got sent. No wonder I had no respect growing up
Atheism is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about what a person believes. It is simply a rejection of the assertion that there are gods. Atheism is too often defined incorrectly as a belief system