(October 13, 2017 at 11:04 am)JackRussell Wrote: How the fuck do I "choose" not to believe?
I guess I "chose" to be straight, white and cranky too....
Saying crap like "You choose not to believe" is a way to shift the blame to the mortal rather than confronting one's gods.
Belief is an effect, not a cause. It is a reaction to incoming data. If that data is felt to be plausible, it is accepted and belief occurs.
Pretending to believe is IMO a psychologically deleterious state. Your mind has already made up its mind, so to speak, and telling yourself that you believe otherwise will just cause cognitive dissonance and a state of internal distrust.