On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:02:39 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

No I am not. An atheist claims to know that N, the number of deities in
the universe is precisely ZERO.

That's a narrow definition. At its broadest, an atheist simply doesn't
believe in any deities. Not many claim with certainty that there are
none. That's not an intellectually sound or honest claim.