As I read him, John Shook’s approach can be summed up in three, related propositions. 1. One can be an atheist without believing that atheism is true. 2. Following the OED, an atheist is “One who denies or disbelieves the existence of a god.” 3. Atheism is the belief that “Believing that no god exists … John Shook Enters the Fray on Defining “Atheism”