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You are a Christian, and you understand what atheism is...so there is hope that others might also be receptive to understanding what atheism really is. I am willing to cut theists, particularly Christians, considerable slack in misunderstanding atheism. I know all too well what they have been...
Simply put, atheism means the absence of theistic belief. That's it. It doesn't mean anything else. Atheism is not a religion, a philosophy, a worldview, or anything similar. It is not the conviction that there are no gods, ghosts, angels, etc. Rather, it is the absence of a belief that these...
$\LaTeX$ is a markup language that allows us to display pretty mathematical expressions, such as:
$\displaystyle \int_a^b f(x)\,dx=F(b)-F(a) $
But, I must assume that you see the anti-derivative form of the fundamental theorem of calculus above and not an image of mad kitty. ;)
So, you claim knowledge for belief and belief for knowledge. That's quite the gymnastics there. :P
And I'm not even going to try to explain to you what atheism is again.
People saying prayers with some expectation of some kind of supernatural intervention is not a supernatural thing...people and their actions are part of the natural order. If it ever comes to pass that such action leads to anything that can be demonstrated, then that would be a different matter.