Is belief really a choice?

[Mystic]

And would add, the fact we do condemn them, shows we believe we do choose what we believe and that there are things that we ought to believe(ie. there are thought crimes).

It doesn't show any such thing, it simply shows that we assign culpability to the agents of any action.

But you would not blame them or condemn them if you believe they had no choice in their belief it was right.

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Of course it doesn't show we are right in that belief, but simply that we do have that.