Also known as negative or implicit atheism, this refers to the belief or the philosophical stance that presumes the absence of a supernatural god while not completely denying its possible existence. It can also be defined as a general absence of belief in the existence of god as against a strong belief in the absence of god. Weak atheism is different from strong atheism which explicitly denies the existence of any kind of god. While similar to agnosticism with some overlapping beliefs, weak atheism is not the same as agnosticism. The term was coined by English philosopher Antony Flew in his 1984 book “God, Freedom, and Immortality”.
