Many religious people I speak with say they are able to believe without evidence, that they "choose" to believe.
I wonder, is it possible to "choose" to believe in something that has no evidence? Is that not simply playing make-believe?
The ability to believe in something that has no evidence really amazes me. I actually think it's miraculous that the human brain can do it. I wonder why I can never do it?
If I had the ability to "believe", I wouldn't believe in heaven. I would choose to believe in a place a million times better than heaven - after all, why settle when we can just make stuff up and simply "believe"! And, why is it that everyone copies each others belief, there are very few original beliefs.
Actually I might join the believers and in my fantasy I will turn into a purple metal acorn when I die. I will hold an entire universe inside myself and suddenly explode into 326 dimensions, each magnifying the enjoyment exponentially.
Agreed, there is no evidence for this but I just believe and (as we are told) it is very healthy to just believe. If I come up with an even better fantasy I may scrub this one and believe in that one instead!
Ah - it must be so easy to be one of these "believers"!
I wonder, is it possible to "choose" to believe in something that has no evidence? Is that not simply playing make-believe?
The ability to believe in something that has no evidence really amazes me. I actually think it's miraculous that the human brain can do it. I wonder why I can never do it?
If I had the ability to "believe", I wouldn't believe in heaven. I would choose to believe in a place a million times better than heaven - after all, why settle when we can just make stuff up and simply "believe"! And, why is it that everyone copies each others belief, there are very few original beliefs.
Actually I might join the believers and in my fantasy I will turn into a purple metal acorn when I die. I will hold an entire universe inside myself and suddenly explode into 326 dimensions, each magnifying the enjoyment exponentially.
Agreed, there is no evidence for this but I just believe and (as we are told) it is very healthy to just believe. If I come up with an even better fantasy I may scrub this one and believe in that one instead!
Ah - it must be so easy to be one of these "believers"!
