Pedantic correction (Score 1)

Atheists (note the latin form of the word implies opposit of theist IE the negative, not the absense of ie nullification): these believe that deities do not exist

You have your languages mixed up. The word is Greek in origin. theos is Greek for 'god'. The 'a' is the alpha privativum, expressing 'want' or 'absence', like Latin in-. See your Liddel & Scott.