I asked this question in another thread but it seemed to get ignored amongst all the more attention-demanding argumentation that seemed to be galvanizing it, so I'll rephrase the question here, because I'm super curious about the various responses atheists may give.
Basically, can any belief be changed? I know that most can, but I often wonder whether some people's belief in God is sometimes just unable to be changed, particularly since I've believed in God my whole life and nothing seems to have swayed me out of it. I will qualify that by saying I was raised in a God-believing family and sustained a belief in God throughout my adult life even though my conception of God's nature/requirements of me have changed. I've also found most Athiest arguments on God's existence to be far superior to most if not all Theist arguments. Yet the superiority of arguments do nothing to convince me that my basic belief in God is a flaw. At worst, it's just a seemingly permanent part of my psychological make up. Neither good nor bad, just part of me. So I'm wondering if sometimes, theism is just there permanently, like breathing. Would be interesting to hear thoughts on this from an atheist's perspective.
Basically, can any belief be changed? I know that most can, but I often wonder whether some people's belief in God is sometimes just unable to be changed, particularly since I've believed in God my whole life and nothing seems to have swayed me out of it. I will qualify that by saying I was raised in a God-believing family and sustained a belief in God throughout my adult life even though my conception of God's nature/requirements of me have changed. I've also found most Athiest arguments on God's existence to be far superior to most if not all Theist arguments. Yet the superiority of arguments do nothing to convince me that my basic belief in God is a flaw. At worst, it's just a seemingly permanent part of my psychological make up. Neither good nor bad, just part of me. So I'm wondering if sometimes, theism is just there permanently, like breathing. Would be interesting to hear thoughts on this from an atheist's perspective.
