Different? How?

Originally posted by josephw
But I still hold to the fact that both statement mean the same thing because they both refer to the same god or gods whether they be mine or another's.

If I say, 'I hate all beer' (God forbid), then I say, 'I hate your beer', I am being redundant.

Let me try to demonstrate (without using cats! 🙂 ) how this works if you were to reverse your OP statement:

Statement A: I believe that a god or gods exist

Statement B: I believe that the particular God that Josephw believes in (as defined by his posts on this site) exists.

I support A but not B. And they are two very different statements. In this case, B is also not necessarily included in A, but it may be.

Originally posted by CalJust
Let me try to demonstrate (without using cats! 🙂 ) how this works if you were to reverse your OP statement:

Statement A: I believe that a god or gods exist

Statement B: I believe that the particular God that Josephw believes in (as defined by his posts on this site) exists.

I support A but not B. And they are two very different statements. In this case, B is also not necessarily included in A, but it may be.

It is like the difference between YaHWeH and Baal or Allah, right?