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Belief...a choice?

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Dr Jack
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12-01-2004 8:22 AM 		Reply to: Message 65 by PecosGeorge
11-30-2004 8:18 AM

Re: What makes you think that?
How people can believe that something may be had from nothing is my wonder question.
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Because we do not commit the fallacy of composition.
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12-01-2004 8:24 AM 		Reply to: Message 81 by zol
12-01-2004 3:50 AM

Re: Hint taken
I think we all approach & recognise the existance of God at sometime in our lives and I suspect it is usually when we are at our lowest.
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Sounds to me like a restatement of the ol' "there are no atheists in foxholes" lie. Ever watched Touching the Void - it's the true story of a guy who was trapped up a mountain with a broken leg after a climbing accident and how he made his way down - the relevant point from the film being that this guy (an atheist) never once thought to pray, to ask god to help, or to believe in any such thing.
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