(September 23, 2019 at 8:53 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(September 22, 2019 at 9:07 pm)Belaqua Wrote: It may be relevant here that in English there are two kinds of belief.
One is: intellectual assent to a proposition. "I believe that the world is round."
Another is: commitment to a principle. "I believe in equal rights for women."
We don't have equal rights for women. Currently they don't exist. But I believe in them. For many Christians, belief in Christ acts in this way, I think.
For Christians, belief in Christ acts both ways. They still believe it is true that Christ exists.
Claiming pious belief in the noble principle that such an evil thing as gravity can't exist does not excuse those who pushes other off of tall buildings.
