''Why do non believers get called atheists? Atheism is still...

''Why do non believers get called atheists? Atheism is still something right? Cant someone just be nothing? Nothing is how i approach it''

Atheist is a form of nothing...literally 'an absence of belief in God' Rather than a belief, it's a lack of belief. A lack of conviction in the existence of gods. Someone who lacks conviction may be convinced if sufficient evidence came along.