Can you control what you believe?

[Im_A]

Can you control what you believe or do you think the very core of your beliefs are determined by outside/other factors?

i really don't know.

i think it may depend on person to person. i think the importance of the outside factors play along. then i think that there are times that we just have to come to grisp to what are starting to disbelieve in, or believe in that the only reason we may ever know why is because we question or we have grown older.

i think the reasons probably vary from person to person.

 

[Stinker]

Can you control what you believe or do you think the very core of your beliefs are determined by outside/other factors?

Just look around at the different areas at this large site, oh yes, people definitely control what they believe in. It is the willful prejudiced dismissal of any information that runs counter to one's belief of someone or something, most of the time.

I grew up with no Bible instruction, but the communities I grew up in were Christian communities (at least most people went to their churches) so when Easter and Christmas came around they made an impact on me.

 

[Kahalachan]

Absolutely not. If I wanted to try my absolute best, I couldn't try to believe in Santa Claus. It's impossible to control what you believe.