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From: Jim Henderson
Date: 25 Apr 2011 19:44:40
Message: <4db60768$1@news.povray.org>

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:38:03 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim seems to think I
> cannot believe something to be true of which I am certain. I would find
> it very confusing if someone at Fred's funeral said "I can't believe
> Fred is dead" and meant it literally.

Well, I'm talking about a literal sense, not a figurative sense of the 
word.  "I can't believe Fred is dead" is a figurative use of the word 
'belief', or a type of denial (take your pick).

Jim

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