Re: Did you "Choose to Believe," or "Choose not to believe"?

On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:26 +0100, Therion Ware
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>On 13 May 2008 17:26:15 GMT, Fred Stone <fstone69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>Therion Ware <autodelete@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>news:agqg24pfrvs28avmusut1nbk51dib77mq1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> 
>>> If you're an atheist, do you think you "chose" the become an atheist?
>>> 
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>>Quite the opposite. I tried very hard, between age 15 and 20 or so, to 
>>"choose" to be a Christian, and just couldn't manage to convince myself 
>>that I believed any more. 
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>Thanks for that. In due course would you be prepared to go in to more
>detail?

Yet Fred has absolutely no problem convincing himself to believe every
word that comes from the Bush Administration. Amazing.