(August 14, 2009 at 3:42 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Belief is necessarily a choice, so I don't get you there. You don't just wander into it. It's a definite change of mind from one state to another. There's no inbetween "yes there is a god" and "no there isn't". "I don't know" is still not "yes there is". (I could quote bible on yo ass but Iz too nice for that)
It's not a choice because you're either convinced or unconvinced. And you don't get a "choice" in that convincing. You are compelled by your experience.
If you see a truck coming towards you, just you try not believing you'll get hit if you don't move. If you don't see such a truck, just try genuinely convincing yourself that there is one without self-denial.
You are compelled by your experience.
EvF
