Chris: You fail to accept Christianity because you lack faith.
Alex: You fail to reject Christianity because you lack intelligence. — Art48
James' theory is actually a combination of doxastic determinism and doxastic voluntarism. Absolute doxastic voluntarism would mean that one could choose believe anything, simply by whimsical choice. — baker
Faith is a matter of choice. Intelligence is not. — Fooloso4
Perhaps whether or not it occurs to someone that it is a matter of choice is a matter of intelligence. — Fooloso4
James' theory is actually a combination of doxastic determinism and doxastic voluntarism. Absolute doxastic voluntarism would mean that one could choose believe anything, simply by whimsical choice. — baker
By "someone" I did not mean some particular someone. — Fooloso4
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