I Am An Atheist

What are the differences, if any, between the statements "I lack a belief in a god," "I believe there is no god," and "I don't believe in a god" ?

I've heard people say they have different meanings, but they seem to mean the same thing to me.

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Tgilbert2

Even if there's a god we should oppose him/her for their cruelty and violence and the requirement for bloodletting to satisfy their sense of justice. Believers hate to admit that our laws are more civil than the laws of the holy books. That we are more compassionate than anyone who wrote those holy books. The writer was certainly not a god unless God has human flaws and the God in the holy books has human flaws, which leads to one conclusion, that man created God .

Popayidissident

What are your laws? I wasn't aware that atheists have any recognised legal say regarding laws