Hrm. Mostly as above. a lot of people don't apply belief to facts (whether they use the phrase believe or not) simply because it seems a bit silly. "I believe in my coffee mug." Why? It's there.
I think the idea is that belief requires some sort of *faith*, and that fact supposedly doesn't.
that may not have been coherant but I tried.
Sure, you *do* believe in the postman. but one (sometimes) connotation of belief is that of faith/effort, not dissimilar to that you would place in God. Believing int he postman is not an active thing.
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Date: 2006-03-30 02:31 pm (UTC)I think the idea is that belief requires some sort of *faith*, and that fact supposedly doesn't.
that may not have been coherant but I tried.
Sure, you *do* believe in the postman. but one (sometimes) connotation of belief is that of faith/effort, not dissimilar to that you would place in God. Believing int he postman is not an active thing.