From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de   
      
   William Hyde  wrote or quoted:   
   >Those who run the churches really don't care if you believe or not, just   
   >as long as you behave as if you do   
      
     This reminds me of somethig I recently (2025-09-30) posted to   
     an Italian newsgroup ("it.cultura.linguistica.italiano"):   
      
   |Non sono nemmeno sicuro che «credere in Dio» si possa davvero   
   |intendere come «credere all'/esistenza di/ Dio». Forse vuol   
   |dire qualcosa tipo: «Comportarsi da credente, prendere parte   
   |ai riti a cui prendono parte i fedeli»   
      
     In English,   
      
   |I am not even sure "believing in God" means "believing that   
   |God exists". Maybe it is more like "acting like a believer,   
   |taking part in the rituals that believers take part in"   
      
     .   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)