(April 25, 2013 at 2:00 pm)TosinAsLeader Wrote: Your right, but that doesn't mean "G-d," doesn't exist either.
I know. I don't believe there is no god; I simply don't know either way, but feel that positive claims like the existence of god need to be demonstrated before they are believable. I'm an agnostic atheist.

Quote:Can you clarify by "I don't think you can choose your beliefs?"
Well, I mean that you can't consciously force yourself to be convinced of the truth of something. You can't will yourself to believe; I can't make a choice to believe in christianity any more than you can choose to become a muslim or what have you. As individuals we have varying levels of credulity that, among other things, affect which beliefs you are able to accept, but it's not like a menu at a fast food joint, we don't get to pick and choose the things we believe.
We can be convinced into belief, but that's an organic process of information input and internal reactions; you never just go "hmm, I am going to believe in this now," and make it so.
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