Phat writes:
Logic says that we choose our beliefs and also our actions.
Logic says nothing of the kind.
Neither you nor, nor I nor Amin, nor Elizah, nor Chang chose their beliefs - we were all born into them. And our actions are conditioned by our predispositions, upbringing and circumstances. You always start from the wrong premise.
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.