RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 4, 2013 at 4:47 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm by Joel.)
(April 4, 2013 at 4:46 pm)Mr Infidel Wrote:(April 4, 2013 at 4:41 pm)Joel Wrote: I fail to see how that is relevant to choosing beliefs.
Help me out here?
One can either choose to believe or to not believe. I honestly do not understand what is so hard to understand about it. With every action or decision that one makes, there is always more than one choice. To state that there is no choice in belief is akin to stating that when walking toward an intersection there is no choice between left and right, that there is only continuing forward.
No. How is choosing a belief the same as choosing an action?
I can choose to raise either my left or right hand; but I can't choose to believe that 2+2 != 5
The example you gave is of someone choosing an action. Not choosing a belief. She choose to look away - that doesn't mean she didn't believe it was happening.
