Belief...a choice?

It seems that you are a christian PG. Did you choose your religion or was it an accident of birth, culture, or what? Could you change your belief to that of the Norse gods, the Greeks, the Egyptians, or whatnot? If not, why not? (just curious)

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I choose the God of the Bible, because he offers the best deal.

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So if I were to make up a new religion that offered you heavens rewards without having to suffer or change your behavior, you might choose it instead of the big C?

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Also, before you can make a choice, you must have one and that is where reason plays its trump.

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Well over here in my world the only reasoned choice is not to believe in any religion (notice I did not say anything about god(s) ). To me where reason plays its trump, is when it says we have no evidence of god(s), either for or against.

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How people can believe that something may be had from nothing is my wonder question.

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I don't believe that something came from nothing. As far as I know matter has always existed and the big bang was just the latest universe creation event. You say god created everything and who knows, maybe he did, there is no proof. But who then created god? The typical answer is that "god has always existed". That is really no different than my thought that matter may have always existed.