The stupidity of sin

[Huggy Bear]

Uh, yeah. Can you become an atheist, right now, just because you choose to? Can you flip backwards and forward between believing in God and not believing, on a whim?

Not just saying it, but truly changing your belief.

Can you do that? You haven't answered that question yet.

What you describe is simply confusion...

Say if you told me something personal about yourself, seeing that I don't know you personally; If you provide no evidence to back up what you told me, then It's up to me whether I choose to believe you or not.

Belief is not a choice. You believe something if you are convinced by the arguments/evidence in favour of it and you don't believe it if you are not, it's that simple.

That's why statement from Emjay is so idiotic, being convinced by EVIDENCE, is called KNOWLEDGE it is no longer a BELIEF.

A leap of faith is referring to a jump with no evidence of where you'll land.

Knowledge is something you KNOW to be true, and yes only an idiot can accept and then reject truth on a whim.

Belief is trusting that something is true with no evidence.

Faith, as in belief based on solid evidence which makes the likelihood extremely high is totally different to faith about some unknown thing for which there is no credible evidence at all.

*emphasis mine*



Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing that is not seen; or the observance of an obligation from loyalty; or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement; or a belief not based on proof;