"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
> A certain question that has occupied my mind for a while. Why are we
> accustomed to saying "he/she believes in God"? This indirectly implies the
> existence of God -- one God, in fact. Why is it uncommon to hear someone
> say "he/she thinks there is a God"? The difference is subtle, but
> shouldn't
> this change of habit be made? I am pretty certain that some people would
> be
> offended by the latter.
You're right. The difference *is* subtle. But not so sublt that
people wanting to convey their thoughts would not intuitively
use the format they intend.
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altheim
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