by 
Mondo444
ANSWERS: 20
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by me. I chose to be a Christian God did not choose for me
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Me
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It is determined by me. :)
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Belief is supposed to be inspired by the Holy Ghost who is part of the Triune God . . . Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
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I'd have to say its mutual. We have the choice to move in that direction. Once we open our hearts and ask "Who are you, God?" he softens our hearts to hear the answer, he strengthens our faith, he puts people in our path to answer our questions. But we have to make the first move.
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by me within boundries of His will
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Me - just me - and only me!
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You can't choose to believe or not to believe. You can choose not to question or to ignore evidence, but you either believe or you don't.
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The question just underneath this question is whether there is actually a "you" that can choose. Most all religions propose that there is a You and there is a God and that the two are not the same. Lots of argumentative energy is spent on this red herring alone and it completely bypasses the issue of how choices are made - or not made - by this bundle of biochemistry programmed to survive. Just who is it that chooses, anyway? Religion is only just the organism's response to the perception of chaos - even when it becomes an "art form".. Any decisions downstream from there are only just more responses offered up impersonally by the conditioning of that organism as best chance for survival. So no, the choice to believe or not to believe is not yours.
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This is a question that divides Calvinists and Arminians. I'm an Arminian. The Calvinist answer: It seems like we choose, but we do not. Our actual choice is irresistibly caused by God, and rendered certain by Him. The Arminian answer: The choice is made by us, recognizing that none would never chose God without Him drawing us in the first place.
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He gave me free will, and I decided to use the gift to serve him willingly.
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"You have not chosen me, I have chosen you"
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This question calls the bluff of the god concept. God created man, Satan and everything, God gave man free will, man chose not to believe in god, shows god for what it is, or isn't. A mullah said to a Rabbi, 'You should convert to Islam'. Rabbi said, 'It is your Allah's wish that I be born a non-Muslim, and be a Rabbi. How can I defy Allah? Amen!'
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"choice"
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Believe what?
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Since there are no gods, that would be me.
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We all have a choice in everything we do. I choose to believe. I am too humbled by what I see of the human body to beleive it is not the work of something bigger. + 3
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Which god?
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God calls but it's up to us to listen and respond or not to listen and walk away.
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