Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism

[BobJoeJim]

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theism: the belief in a god or gods.
atheism: the absence of a belief in a god or gods.

They are contradicting viewpoints. You HAVE to be one or the other. The reasons why you are an atheist (or theist) is not relevant to whether you can call yourself an atheist (or theist).

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NO.

Theism: The belief in a god or gods
Atheism: The belief in an absence of a god or gods.

You got the Atheism word order wrong. Your definition of Atheism, "The absence of a belief..." is one of the definitions of Agnosticism, the other definition being "The belief that it is impossible to know whether god or gods exist." The OP is just a way of attempting to argue that of these three, mutually exclusive views, only agnosticism is logically valid.