A broad group of scholars demonstrate that religious belief & factual belief are indeed different kinds of mental creatures. People process evidence differently when they think with a factual mind-set rather than with a religious one. Even what they count as evidence is different. They are motivated differently; based on pre-conceptions, conclusions are made. Scholars further discovered that the very language people use changes when they talk about religious things, & those changes show that they think about their reality differently. One does not say, “I believe that my dog is alive.” The fact is so obvious it is not worth stating. One simply talks in ways that presume the dog is alive. But to say, “I believe that Jesus Christ is alive” signals an awareness that not everyone agrees. Religious beliefs & factual beliefs are regarded with different cognitive attitudes. Further complications arise when beliefs are equated with mere OPINIONS. What do you understand about the difference between FACT, FAITH, & OPINION - are they ever the SAME?