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What Is Belief?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Belief suggest something absolute, but why? Isn’t it expressing a relative measurement, just like the words “hot and cold,” or “near and far?” Are “belief” and “non belief” more like “hot” and “cold?” Just as a 75 degree (Fahrenheit) day can be called hot if it comes in winter and cool if it comes in the middle of 100 degree days, does the concept of belief only have a relative meaning?

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