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Old 02-19-2011, 01:06 PM
bas_I_am
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Re: what do y'all think?
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Originally Posted by Deckard View Post
"I do not believe x exists"

"I believe X does not exist"

Um they are the same thing. . . if one does not believe x exists, what, then, do they believe? They believe that x does not exist.

Furthermore. . . if they were not equivalent, then the following would be reasonable. . .

"I do not believe x exists, yet I believe x exists."

You must admit that is foolish, no???

Back to your original contention. . ."I have no belief in God" is different from "I believe there is no God".

Consider the statements "I have no belief in God, yet I believe there is a God" and "I have belief in God, but I believe there is no God" . . . again both are foolish statements.