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Question: Are beliefs a choice?
My Straight yes or no answer: Of course they are a choice.
My Why: Wether or not the choice is a conscious one, it is still exactly that, a choice. As humans, we have the power of choice. Some people are free to weild that power as they may, these people think for themselves and not necessarily for society. Others still choose belief, but they dont have the will power to resist pressure from the politcal correctness of the modern society. Thus they choose to not make a genuine choice of thier own, and to not put any serious decision making thought process into what they believe in. Personally, I search for answers. Until I get legitimate answers to the unanswerable questions of this world, then I will not believe. Many people are afraid to make choices becuase of things like regret, wrong decisions, etc. But I think it is a virtue to be able to have the power to control all of your choices, which is why no matter what I chose in life, I stand behind it 100%, because as a human, I have the power to control my own choices, and I admire the fact that I am able to make such choices. I guess my answer is partially along the lines of ART's in his first post, but it runs on a little bit of a different parallel and perspective.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle
Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher
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