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Originally posted by jkarolyi
So then you fall into the category that you conveniently left off my post. I've never met anyone who has really researched deistic and evolutionary theory and doesn't believe in any part of it.
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Maybe another way to look at is that one does not "believe" in the theory of evolution, for instance. One "accepts the theory based on the evidence in support of it". To me, the word "believe" carries the connotation that you buy into something that either has no evidence to support it or that you really know nothing about it, but simply choose to believe.
I know many people who hold strong beliefs about things they know nothing about. I know many people who believe things for which there is either no evidence or for which there is strong evidence that contradicts what they believe and they simply choose to believe anyway.