(January 30, 2013 at 6:11 pm)Zone Wrote: It's not like you would have a belief in the LNM either way if no-one came up with the LNM in the first place. Just because someone else comes up with a belief in the LNM it doesn't mean you now have a new equal and opposite belief to them. You're still the same as you were before when you were minding your business and unaware of any such thing as the LNM. You're just not interested in the Lochness Monster.
That's where you are wrong. Once you are confronted with and understand the concept of LNM, you are no longer the same as before. However slightly, you have changed. Your awareness of the concept necessitates a belief regarding it.