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Originally Posted by Livia Regina
What about those who are unable to believe?
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Livia, If you're interested/Have the time, an American philosopher, William James wrought a brief essay on precisely this topic. Ie, whether or not for you or anyone 'belief' is a "live option". Anyway it's well worth the read and you can find a free copy through Google.
William James
The Will to Believe
[LINK]http://falcon.jmu.edu/~omearawm/ph101willtobelieve.html[/LINK]
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Let us give the name of hypothesis to anything that may be proposed to our belief; and just as the electricians speak of live and dead wires, let us speak of any hypothesis as either live or dead A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed. If I ask you to believe in the Mahdi, the notion makes no electric connection with your nature
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My utmost apologies if i quoted/linked wrong here, I am, unfortunately, only a deficient human