Just as faith is a choice, so is unbelief. Both begin and are sustained by a decision. I decide to believe, or I decide I will not believe; I decide to look for evidence of God, or I decide to look for evidence there is no God. In effect, faith and unbelief are both forms of faith and require constant reinforcing... an ongoing pattern of choosing... an ongoing pattern of looking for evidence of God or evidence there is no God.

Everyone lives life by faith. Just ask them. They'll tell you what they believe, and they guide their life accordingly and resist influences that try to change their thinking. The problem is no one can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that what they believe is true. Atheism is a faith; science is a faith; materialism is a faith; sensuality is a faith; nihilsm is a faith (there is no ground for truth or morals); existentialism is a faith (there is no real meaning to life; you have to invent one); communism is a faith, and obviously all world religions, cults and sects are faiths. As humans you and I have no choice but to live by faith. The question becomes: what will I choose to believe; what concepts will guide my life; what steps will I take to prepare for death? And whatever I choose will mold me and change me into its image. Taking this one step deeper, you might say all humans worship... but what or whom we worship varies widely.

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