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Lighten Up: Believing in Believing
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OK, we don’t really think this is the difference between theology and philosophy, but how does this guy not get that not believing in believing is, itself, a belief?
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Belief, Faith, Lighten Up, Philosophy, Theology
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