Sophocles wrote:
If someone offered you five hundred million dollars to sincerely believe that the United States is still a British colony, could you do it?
Whoa there Neddy!
America isn't a British Colony anymore?
Is Faith a choice?
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Re: Is Faith a choice?
Whoa there Neddy!
America isn't a British Colony anymore?
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Re: Is Faith a choice?
Drifting wrote:Sophocles wrote:
If someone offered you five hundred million dollars to sincerely believe that the United States is still a British colony, could you do it?
Whoa there Neddy!
America isn't a British Colony anymore?
WOT?!?! I thought that Britain was part of America.
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Re: Is Faith a choice?
Cicero wrote:Stormy Waters wrote:I don't make conscious decisions about what I do and do not believe.
You lost me there. How are you not making a conscious decision about what you believe?
By this I mean to say that I cannot consciously decide to believe in Mormonism. At least ideally speaking I like to think my beliefs are based on the available evidence or really I aspire to have my beliefs based in evidence.
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Re: Is Faith a choice?
Stormy Waters wrote:By this I mean to say that I cannot consciously decide to believe in Mormonism. At least ideally speaking I like to think my beliefs are based on the available evidence or really I aspire to have my beliefs based in evidence.
Ah hah, so you're just a filthy logical positivist!
Have you read all the so-called "post-modern" drivel on the Kerry Shirts/bcspace thread on MD&D? Talk about a mind bender.
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Re: Is Faith a choice?
What is faith?
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brade wrote:What is faith?
Good question. I have noticed that religion and many of it's adherents focus more on faith in God's existence instead of faith in God. I suppose since they don't really know the girl they can't really have faith in God.
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