@Belaqua I don't encourage the "alienation" of believers by creating "another meaning for believing" that belief in religion is "not the normal human belief"

@Belaqua I'm not sure there's any real semantic difference between the two. I can assent to the proposition that women deserve equal rights and I can commit to the ideal that the world is round.

The word "belief" has two meanings. 1) assent to a proposition, e.g. "I believe the world is round." 2) commitment to an ideal, e.g. "I believe in equal rights for women." Religious belief can be either, or a mixture.

Well, Muslims claim that non-Muslims choose not to believe in Allah and choose to go to hell, as well as that they are predestined not to believe in Allah - it's self-contradictory, but that doesn't matter to them. https://youtu.be/3xxbVOgDVbM

Indeed -- a belief is a conclusion rather than a decision. I don't think we can consciously control them, although we can lie about them.

I don't believe a human can choose to believe, or to not believe. Either a god makes sense to you, or it doesn't, or you're uncertain, or somewhere in between. You are a result of your experiences, and they inform your beliefs.

So, is the average human qualified to choose their own religion? If the "Bell Curve" is to be believed, half of all people are dumber than the other half. What if they're just not fit to choose a belief system?

Or is incredibly insecure about it's supposed greatness

God who would REQUIRE worship would obviously suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder.

Scientology.

Which religion is correct? What should I believe?

Battery died in my car. lol. -23 in Lincoln before wind chill.

@Spooky I'm in NE also, about 60 miles away from you. Around 60K here have been effected as of 9:30AM. Expected to continue the rest of the day. Thankfully only one hour at a time.

Same here in Nebraska. Extreme cold and unprecedented number of people working from home have apparently strained our power grid.

Living in a rolling blackout state. This shit is only suppose to happen on the coasts.

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. - Ezekiel 23:20. (Whenever I'm asked for my favorite Bible verse, which is much less often now )

They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. - And this verse. God is insane.

Bible promises eternal suffering here -Daniel 12:2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and Everlasting contempt.?

How life is spent is equivocal. That it should be lived is obvious.

Chocolate is most important. All Hail Chocolate!