Naomi,
re: “How did you [come to] believe in the current beliefs you hold?”
I don’t know. Most likely as a result of being exposed to literature, lectures, discussions, thinking, etc. All I know for sure is that I didn’t consciously CHOOSE any of them. I was simply suddenly aware that I had a new belief - a conviction without doubt - about something.
re: “The choice comes in, when we choose to believe that God, our creator, became a man, dwelt among us, became the sacrifice for our sins, and rose again on the third day.’
But how do you actually cause yourself to believe? What is it that you do at the last moment to make the instantaneous transition from lack of belief to belief?
re: “Now, what do you believe?”
A few things would be: That my Dad loves me, that chili shouldn’t have beans in it, that liberalism is generally wrong, that the earth circles the sun, that I can’t become a more compassionate person, that belief can not be CHOSEN, that the crucifixion didn’t occur on a Friday.
re: “How did you [come to] believe in the current beliefs you hold?”
I don’t know. Most likely as a result of being exposed to literature, lectures, discussions, thinking, etc. All I know for sure is that I didn’t consciously CHOOSE any of them. I was simply suddenly aware that I had a new belief - a conviction without doubt - about something.
re: “The choice comes in, when we choose to believe that God, our creator, became a man, dwelt among us, became the sacrifice for our sins, and rose again on the third day.’
But how do you actually cause yourself to believe? What is it that you do at the last moment to make the instantaneous transition from lack of belief to belief?
re: “Now, what do you believe?”
A few things would be: That my Dad loves me, that chili shouldn’t have beans in it, that liberalism is generally wrong, that the earth circles the sun, that I can’t become a more compassionate person, that belief can not be CHOSEN, that the crucifixion didn’t occur on a Friday.