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Theories can be disbelieved, and conversely believed, though some argue that ‘belief’ in a theory is misusing the word belief.
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These aren’t my beliefs, these are FACTS about the word belief.
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But for the great attention which is being paid to the work from which I have quoted above, I should not have thought it well to insist on points with which you are, I doubt not, as fully impressed as I am: but that book weakens the sanctions of natural religion, and minimises the comfort which it affords us, while it does more to undermine than to support the foundations of what is commonly called belief.
Essays on Life, Art and Science Samuel Butler 1868
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These aren’t my beliefs, these are FACTS about the word belief.
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In a recent article at TCSDaily, Atheist Karl Reitz provides a prime example of what Dan Dennett calls “belief in belief.”
Religion is the Opium of the People, and It’s a Damn Good Thing, Too! 2007
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The investigation of individuals 'beliefs is forbidden, and no one may be molested or taken to task simply for holding a certain belief.
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Iain, you worked for a man that did a 180 degree shift in belief.
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The investigation of individuals 'beliefs is forbidden, and no one may be molested or taken to task simply for holding a certain belief.
The Memory Hole 2005
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"Very little, certainly; as their belief goes -- what they and you call belief.
The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 1848
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His expectation, though not expressed in words, deserved, I think, to be called a belief.
The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921
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