You're either a theist or an atheist. You can be agnostic in addition to one of those.
Atheist/theist has to do with what you believe in. If you reply 'yes' to the question "do you believe in a god or gods?" then you're a theist, any other reply (including "I don't know") makes you an atheist.
Agnosticism has to do with knowledge. If you say, for example, that you (proverbial or literal you) can't know whether or not God exist then you're agnostic.
Some theists have faith that God exists but when asked they'll say they don't have conclusive evidence and don't really know for sure whether or not he exists = agnostic theist.
Someone who says God does not exist = positive/hard/strong atheist.
Atheism is the default "position" until conclusive evidence shows otherwise and the cosmological argument is flawed.
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