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Belief...a choice?

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contracycle
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11-23-2004 11:16 AM

No - its just blame creation. If theists can say it is a choice, then you can be made morally culpable for your choice. Therefore, only the bad people choose not to believe in god, and we know they are bad people becuase they choose not to believe.
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This formulation also conveniently ommits any discussion of the existence of god, which is assumed.
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11-24-2004 6:03 AM 		Reply to: Message 7 by LinearAq
11-23-2004 12:52 PM

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So, the writers of the Bible decided that in order to add a measure of control over the population, that they had to define belief as a choice? Or...are you saying that belief as a choice is a recent invention of the Christian church?
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I seriously doubt the writers of the bible thought that way at all. IMO it lies in the bourgeois moralism of 18th century christianity, and the rise of Protestantism and its emphasis on personal responsibility and the manifest favour of god.
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