Is believing in god a choice? That is a very good question. I have never believed in god. I have actually tried to believe in god. At one time I was a member of a religious cult called Alcoholics Anonymous. Yes, I know even some atheists here are going to jump up and down, foaming at the mouth, with red and bloated faces, and sweat streaming down their faces, screaming their lungs out that AA is neither religious nor a cult. And that AA is so amazingly fucking accepting of atheists you wouldn't believe it -- hallelooya, hot-diggity-dog, and wooby-wooby-wooo!!! I'm used to that so -- go ahead -- yawn.
Anyway -- the dogma of this particular cult (AA) revolves around the idea that those who "cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program are usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves." The 'simple program' requires a belief in the existence of god. So, after the good old college try... I said goodbye (good riddance) to AA. I had, after hearing all the testimonies of members who were, at one time, an atheist, the 'came to believe in a power greater than themselves' and they choose to call such a power "god."
My conclusion was that such an experience is available to some people and that I, evidently, am one for whom this kind of profound revelation is not going to happen to because of my very nature that is a result of the physical properties of my brain. Some brains are hard-wired to accept such visions as reality and others are not. There are numerous articles that one can look up pertaining to the "god spot" of the human brain. There does seem to be some evidence -- though, as of yet, inconclusive -- that strong belief in the supernatural is the manifestation of a physical properties of the grey stuff that rides inside our skulls.
Anyway -- the dogma of this particular cult (AA) revolves around the idea that those who "cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program are usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves." The 'simple program' requires a belief in the existence of god. So, after the good old college try... I said goodbye (good riddance) to AA. I had, after hearing all the testimonies of members who were, at one time, an atheist, the 'came to believe in a power greater than themselves' and they choose to call such a power "god."
My conclusion was that such an experience is available to some people and that I, evidently, am one for whom this kind of profound revelation is not going to happen to because of my very nature that is a result of the physical properties of my brain. Some brains are hard-wired to accept such visions as reality and others are not. There are numerous articles that one can look up pertaining to the "god spot" of the human brain. There does seem to be some evidence -- though, as of yet, inconclusive -- that strong belief in the supernatural is the manifestation of a physical properties of the grey stuff that rides inside our skulls.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste -- don't pollute it with bullshit.
