(December 14, 2008 at 11:56 pm)Daystar Wrote: Beliefs change. I used to believe that there was no such thing as a god. True, at the time that is the way I was raised and I didn't even know what a god really was, but ... nevertheless that is what I believed. I chose to believe. This changed when I educated myself on the subject and realized I was wrong.Well we have a different opinion here. Because what I would think is: It is the information (good or bad) on the subject, which you got, that convinced you enough so that you believed in it. Why would you suddenly think "Oh, I want to believe now! I choose to believe now!" What has choice got to do with it? You believe for a reason not because you 'want to'. Wanting to isn't a good reason. If you think it is thats because you're convinced that it is. Thats the reason, and you didn't choose that.
I don't think that you chose to think that you can choose belief, for example.
If you chose it then if you'd chose the opposite would you believe that you can't choose belief therefore not be able to choose it unless convinced otherwise? How could you choose the choose? There has to be a reason. Belief isn't just believing whatever you want. There are reasons whether bad or good. Right? If choosing to believe something is you reason for believing it then thats still a reason. And I don't believe you chose that.