Greetings Diane:

While I normally think your posts lucid and rational, I believe your
correlation of belief and theology is a conveniently narrow application
of belief.  Belief has application far broader than theology.

One can believe the sky is blue, though it appears blue but lacks
substance to "be" blue.  One can believe there's a monster under the bed
even if there isn't one.  One can believe this is the best cheesecake
I've ever tasted.  Et cetera.

I'll stick with Kant's definition of belief as a form of judging
something true based on (1) personal opinion and (2) selective
knowledge.  To believe something is to judge it true for its subjective
sufficiency but its objective insufficiency.  Opinions provide for
subjective sufficiency . . . factual knowledge typically embraces both
subjective and objective sufficiency.

Best wishes, sincerely,

Jay Heuman
Curator of Education
Salt Lake Art Center
 
20 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT  84101
Phone: 801.328.4201 x 121
Fax: 801.322.4323
URL: www.slartcenter.org
 
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One does not believe or disbelieve in scientific theories. One accepts
or
rejects them based on testing and examination of evidence. 
Belief is a concept associated with theology and implies mental
acceptance (faith) of a topic in the absence of testable truth or
evidence.

Diane "Defind your terms" Guenkauf

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