Atheist

The term »atheist« has always been somewhat controversial. Given the wide range of different conceptualizations of deities, the term is ambiguous.

Next to atheims, there has been different kinds of terms established:
1.) Nontheism refers to the sheer absence of belief in deities. Epicurus, David Hume, and perhaps even Buddhism are said to be nontheistic.
2,) In a philosophical sense, atheism is the name for the metaphysical claim that no deity exists.
3.)Many more...