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Why i became a protestant Christian
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RE: Why i became a protestant Christian
As others have pointed out your criteria for choosing what to believe strikes me as odd. I've never considered belief to be something that is up to me. There are truths which I wish were otherwise, like the outcome of the last presidential election in the US. But wishes aren't facts about the world, just about my preferences. Even if I wanted to believe Trump was not the president, I have no idea how I'd set about believing that was true. What I believe to be true is something that rightly intrudes on my beliefs. The same goes for gods. I could imagine a world in which there was a hierarchy of gods and what that life would be like but I couldn't bring myself to believe it was true. Try as might I have no idea how anyone decides to turn a wish into a belief. I really don't.
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Why i became a protestant Christian - by Rispri - January 27, 2017 at 5:53 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Esquilax - January 27, 2017 at 6:42 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Alex K - January 27, 2017 at 7:46 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Ben Davis - January 27, 2017 at 7:12 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by chimp3 - January 27, 2017 at 8:11 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by LastPoet - January 27, 2017 at 8:26 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Mister Agenda - January 27, 2017 at 10:37 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Crossless1 - January 27, 2017 at 10:42 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Neo-Scholastic - January 27, 2017 at 10:45 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Neo-Scholastic - January 27, 2017 at 11:13 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Crossless1 - January 27, 2017 at 11:38 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Redoubtable - January 27, 2017 at 6:44 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Whateverist - January 27, 2017 at 10:50 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by vorlon13 - January 27, 2017 at 11:44 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Minimalist - January 27, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 27, 2017 at 4:36 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by vorlon13 - January 27, 2017 at 5:34 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by brewer - January 27, 2017 at 6:57 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by ignoramus - January 27, 2017 at 7:15 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by brewer - January 27, 2017 at 7:21 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by The Wise Joker - January 29, 2017 at 12:09 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Nihilist Virus - January 31, 2017 at 4:06 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Neo-Scholastic - January 31, 2017 at 3:45 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by brewer - January 31, 2017 at 4:49 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Crossless1 - January 31, 2017 at 5:54 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Neo-Scholastic - January 31, 2017 at 6:10 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Crossless1 - February 1, 2017 at 5:56 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Faith No More - January 31, 2017 at 5:39 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Fake Messiah - January 31, 2017 at 6:34 am
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Angrboda - January 31, 2017 at 2:42 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Simon Moon - January 31, 2017 at 5:05 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by pocaracas - January 31, 2017 at 5:50 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Lek - February 16, 2017 at 4:46 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by The Valkyrie - February 16, 2017 at 4:55 pm
RE: Why i became a protestant Christian - by Lek - February 16, 2017 at 5:49 pm

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