(November 21, 2011 at 3:05 am)ElDinero Wrote: Holy shit, you are HORRIBLE at constructing sentences. I think I now see what you're getting at. You're saying you refuse to choose to become an atheist for an hour. But you'd only be doing it to prove a point that you have control over your beliefs, then you could change right back. What's the problem?
If it's a problem, what about something more benign that wouldn't really have any ramifications? So if your favourite colour is green, I want you to choose to prefer pink. If your favourite colour is pink, change your belief so that you prefer green. Or choose to believe that you are two inches shorter than you actually are. Or choose to believe that the moon is made of cheese (you may already believe this, in which case choose to believe it's made of rubber).
Happily, I don't really need you to do any of those things, because a simpleton could see that you cannot do any of the above. You have zero control over your beliefs. They are a response to the input you receive on a daily basis. If you could control your beliefs, any of the above acts would be quite simple. You could change your sexual preference, your hobbies, your political views, whatever.
I have changed hobbies several time, I have also changed my political views over the years and I have chosen not to change my sexual preference I like what I have with my wife. Again I'm making a choice not to choose green or pink because you ask me to, actually I have no favorite color. Why would I want to choose something that's not true such as my height or the moon, both ideas are ridiculous, I choose truth over stupidity.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
