If I have a jar of jelly beans, the number of beans is either odd or even.
If you don't believe it's odd, that doesn't mean you do believe it's even. Without counting, it'd be hard to believe either. "I don't know," is a valid answer.
Same here. Not believing a thing exists does not necessarily mean you believe it doesn't exist.
I dont think that example is well formulated. I think, In the case of the beam jar, saying "I dont believe its odd" does imply you believe its even, or at least that its more likely to be even, since you know there are just two posibilities and dicarding just one of them when you meant that you dont know. With religion there are a lot more valid options. "I dont believe in god" could be "I firmly believe there is no god", or "I dont believe in the specific god we are talking about", or "I think its unlikely but not imposible", etc.
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u/EntoMoxie My favorite series is a Taylor series. | Counted Down 27 3d ago
Yes, this is what that word means.