RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 4, 2013 at 11:47 am
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2013 at 11:50 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 4, 2013 at 11:39 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Ahh well, I don't think we can prove either way.Which would be troubling, if you were the kind of person who was willing to state that belief was a choice. If I'm understanding you correctly, that's not who you are. Instead it's something more like "People believe that they can choose their beliefs". Equally as unsatisfying for obvious reasons.
Quote: for I don't think the fact we can't just decide to believe in something in any given moment, doesn't mean there is no over all struggle for choice in the matter and that we make choices when we reach boiling points (different factors influence us and we give in or don't, positive or negative).Ah, but if someone -could- do that, it would make for a hell of a case that belief was a choice - wouldn't it? I mean, we could go back and forth (like we have for centuries) about free will and beliefs - or, we could just cut to the money shot and find someone who is capable of demonstrating that they've made that choice..eh? Personally, after having been on these forums just a little while, and hearing this chant so often - I'm beyond the point of bickering with most. Pics or it didn't happen, essentially. I'm tired of watching the faithful jack their dicks while telling me how glorious it's going to be when they finally blow their load.
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