Correct. But I wasn't referring to the colloquial use of language. I was, perhaps not as succinctly as I could have, referring to people who insist that believing is a concept at one level. To believe that I just saw my greyhound having a shit versus believing there could have been a kangaroo in the garden. (Difficult to tell the difference in the twilight.)

One is on balance of probability what happened, whereas the other isn't, but if I believe it to be so...

Frankly, I was responding to the believe versus belief bit a few posts back. Noting the difference in believing something because it fits your preconceived hypothesis and believing something on the basis of fitting the bill till we discover otherwise. Or theological versus scientific belief.

As some on this and other threads have difficulty splitting the two, this thread can never really be resolved, even though for many people, it represents reality versus la la land. Is la la land an alternative to reality? Well, yes. if you take drugs, get pissed or go to church often enough, it sure can be.