Where atheists differ from believers is that the atheists do not believe in any gods.

However, atheists do believe things and they do believe in things.

It could be acknowledged, for worshippers (or theists, if you will) their god might be so important and vital that not believing in it may seem just like not believing in anything at all...but really, they aren't exactly the same.

Even if a believer cannot grasp the idea of having values, meaning, or purpose in the absence of their god(s), atheists are able to manage it no problem.

Usually, the only thing atheists have in common is their lack of belief in gods.

It's simple...if you want to know what an atheist believes or believes in, you have to ask...and ask about particulars.

It doesn't work to simply ask "what do you believe in"? That question is much too general.

A person could, quite likely, go on for days listing all of the things they believe, and why would they bother to do that for you?

If you want info, you need to be specific. If you want to know what an atheist believes about morality, why not ask that?

If you want to know what an atheist believes about the beginnings of the universe, ask that.

We are not mind readers, and you shouldn't expect us to be.

Ian