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re: I have a quiet envy of religious people

Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:41 pm to
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
22963 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:41 pm to
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You can have it too.


You can’t choose to believe in something. I grew up religious. Wish I still believed. Don’t.
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
5687 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:44 pm to
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You can’t choose to believe in something. I grew up religious. Wish I still believed. Don’t.


Not sure this is true.

The older I get, the more I believe that we in fact do chose what we believe, way more often than we are able to admit or even realize.

I don't think it's a conscious choice, but I do believe it's a choice.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
114055 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:47 pm to
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You can’t choose to believe in something.


Belief is perhaps one of the few pure choices we have.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
24211 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:57 pm to
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You can’t choose to believe in something. I grew up religious. Wish I still believed. Don’t.


You believe lots of things that aren’t “true” but they are “true” to you. Take for instance your own perception of “who you are”. That only exists in your own mind. To every person you’ve ever known, you aren’t that person, because they perceive you differently than you perceive yourself. Who is the real you? Does such a thing even exist?

Posted by AGreySlate
South Carolina
Member since Jun 2018
854 posts
Posted on 6/24/20 at 7:33 am to
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I grew up religious. Wish I still believed. Don’t.

Care to elaborate?
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