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IMO neither atheism nor theism is about provability but about belief. Theists don't prove the existence of God and to try to do so, for them, wouldn't make any sense. Nor do atheists prove the nonexistence of God. They just believe. Now they may use religion or science in establishing a rationale for their belief but no proof is necessary for them even though they may accept their religion or science as proof for themselves. They both have a positive belief about the existence of God.
The agnostic only has negative belief, i.e. he doesn't know whether there is or is not a God. A statement such as, "I don't believe there is a God." does not equate to the statement, "I believe there is no god."
Again, IMO, the agnostic is open to new evidence where the atheist and the theist have already made their conclusions and only seek substantiation, if that.
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