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darn and here i thought i'd get to AB on my b-day oh well.

whats wrong with inception?

Are you compelled to humor us?

If you're an involuntarist you'd argue that you can't choose to believe in just anything. You wouldn't define a belief as an action and thus not cannot be obtained by command.
Read up on compliance and influence everyone 'chooses' (and therefore doesn't choose at all, being a paradox, if there are no other choices then you can't choose it). Everyone's beliefs are derived from their environment if you have the ability to relocate yourself apart from influence of a particular belief system so you won't feel need to comply, then you can choose your beliefs. This is also flawed, even then what would you choose to believe after formally being indoctrinated into a belief system you wouldn't choose to leave it, unless influenced by another belief system... the cycle repeats no one chooses their beliefs.

I don't believe that you can simply generalize that.

Good point. I don't believe in unicorns so they MUST be real.




HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAA. This made me laugh the hardest today, thank you.

If one is born into a religious family, the influence is so strong that those people tend to become religious themselves. In Western culture perhaps it is a choice for most people, but there isn't much of a difference when you have it being shoved down your throat. I would comment on the time consuming but I'll just refer you back to rednut's post.

LOL i won't argue that it doesn't exist but i would say the odds are against you.


I believe that all depends on the parent-child relationship.

strange it's working today