The difference between 1)believing something is not and 2)not believing something is seems pretty semantical to me. (1 being Penn's statement, 2 being lack of belief). If you believe that something is not, you obviously do not believe it is, and vice versa. The only clarification worth note, in my opinion, is whether you believe that something is not, or you believe that something is not known to be true or false. Statement 1 is a bit stronger wording, but I don't think statement 2 is materially different.
1)believing something is not and 2)not believing something is seems pretty semantical to me.
They are functionally different with overlap. Think of it as the difference between NULL and 0 or "". NULL is the complete non-existance of an item (#1) and 0/"" is the acceptance the the item exists, but has no value (#2).
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I have no idea where this one came from, though:
ATHEISM [naiadonline.ca] belief that there is no god and that religion should be suppressed.
not lack of belief (Score:2)
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They are functionally different with overlap. Think of it as the difference between NULL and 0 or "". NULL is the complete non-existance of an item (#1) and 0/"" is the acceptance the the item exists, but has no value (#2).
-Ab
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smoochy bear would probably love it (Score:1)