Dancr, you are attempting to define the middle away. I don't see the usefulness of this.
There is a simple, natural, 4 way split:
A: There are people who are convinced in the existance of a God.
-A: There are people who are convinced in the non-existance of a God.
~A: There are people who are not convinced in the existance of a God.
~-A: There are peope who are not convinced in the non-existance of a God.
It is pretty clear that "A" are theists.
It is pretty clear that "-A" are atheists.
You seem to want to place "~A" into the atheist label as well.
On top of this, we have the fact that in reality the middle is never excluded.
#A: There are people who are somewhat convinced in the existance of a God.
and
@A: There are people who are convinced in the somewhat existance of a God.
which leaves us with, at the very least:
A -A ~A #A @A
-~A -#A -@A ~#A ~@A #@A
-~#A -~@A ~#@A
-~#@A
if you assume order doesn't matter. I assume I missed something. =)
(edit: added a 15th)
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