Atheism is structurally related to the belief it negates, and is necessarily a kind of rival belief; indifferent agnosticism would be a truer liberation.
Wood has commented of Nietzsche and Camus that "both of them realize that God cannot be destroyed by 'philosophy' as such, but can only be exchanged for a form of rival belief": it seems clear that Wood, having broken with God, has set up the novel as His rival.
C. 101 - c. 200 Valentinus, (flourished 2nd century ad), Egyptian religious philosopher, founder of Roman and Alexandrian schools of Gnosticism, a system of religious dualism (belief in rival deities of good and evil) with a doctrine of salvation by gnōsis, or esoteric knowledge.
The company long ago jettisoned the steel rolling mills that churn out basic commodity products, unlike British Steel, which in 1999 threw in its lot with Dutch rival Koninklijke Hoogovens in the belief that creating Corus, the world's third largest steel producer, would be the route to success.
Mullen has brought belief by beating rival Mississippi twice — convincingly — and by refusing to refer to that university by name, referring to it only as The School Up North.
It is fascinating that lack of belief, or even mere skepticism, is met among the faithful with less respect and more distrust even than a fervent belief in a rival God.
A repeated game is designed where myopic firms choose strategies based on beliefs about their rivals and consumers.
In practice, the Korean company may look to push Path into countries in Asia — and particularly Southeast Asia — which are dominated by rival messaging apps in the belief that the Path service offers something different.
While Malhotra declined to comment too directly on the rival business, he voiced his belief that newly released music is key in India, and services like Saavn's free tier (which is feature-full but ad-supported) work better than shuffle-based radio services like Rdio's free offering.
