(December 17, 2019 at 4:34 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(December 17, 2019 at 4:17 pm)maxolla Wrote: " Belief is chosen through faith in experiences, knowledge, and evidence gathered.” Belief and disbelief are two options when proposed with a premise. We as people choose which premises are true based on the evidence. Someone makes a positive statement of what is fact I have a choice to believe it or not to believe it (belief or disbelief). Again I contend, we choose our beliefs.
I do not think you are choosing to believe. I think what you are describing, is choosing what types of evidence will convince you to believe.
Once you decide one what you consider good standards of evidence that will convince you, then you believe.
Ah yes. Choosing the evidence that seems logical and relevant while discarding the false evidence. The criteria which the evidence is chosen is much more complex than I think we give credit.