Is faith a choice?

Question

Can one choose to believe or disbelieve in supernatural beings?

Answer 1

I don't know if it is as much a choice as it is the way that you percieve events. You could take two people and have them both experience the same thing. One will find the logic in it while one will find the magic in it. I am not saying one is right and one is wrong. They are just different. I think that faith or lack thereof, just comes from perceiving experiences the same way long enough.

I heard a story that kind of relates. There was once an abusive, alcoholic man. that had two sons. When his sons grew up one was very loving toward his family and one was very abusive. When each was asked why they were the way they were, they both responded with the same answer. They both said "With a father like mine, how could I turn out any differently?!"

Answer 2

Yes!

To many, “faith” simply means having a religious belief or following a form of worship. As used in the Bible, however, “faith” basically means total trust—complete, unshakable confidence in God and his promises. It is a quality that marks a disciple of Jesus Christ.
On one occasion, Jesus Christ spoke about the need to pray and “not to give up.” In so doing, he raised a question about whether true faith would exist at all in our day. He asked: “When the Son of man arrives, will he really find this faith on the earth?” Why did he raise such a question? —Luke 18:1, 8,

Sometimes faith just withers away. That was what happened in the case of writer and broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy. He says that from childhood his “doubts and uncertainties [about God] went to and fro and [his] disbeliefs grew.” No one, it seems, could give him reasonable answers to his questions. His father’s death at sea was a serious blow to what was already a very weak faith. Prayers to God to “preserve us from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy” went unanswered as the converted passenger liner his father was on was attacked and destroyed by German battleships during World War II.—All in the Mind—A Farewell to God.

Such experiences are not unusual. “Faith,” says the apostle Paul, “is not a possession of all people.” (2 Thessalonians 3:2) What do you think? Is true faith in God and in his Word still possible in an increasingly skeptical world?

Our choice.

Answer 3

All beliefs are chosen. If you decide to believe that little purple aliens migrated to earth when their sun went nova and became the Ring Nebula, then laid polka dot eggs that hatched as Adam and Eve, can any stop you?

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Faith is a choice. It's an obvious choice for me. But every morning when I wake I make the choice to live for Jesus. ptl

Answer 6

Absolutely. Just as one can escape the negative patterns of their family. Or escape addictions. Everything is choice.

Answer 7

if u realy need help than u got no choice u have to do this and have faith

Answer 8

A simple question gets a simple answer: yes:)

Answer 9

Faith is a choice. Your faith will grow if you exercise it and if you choose not to have faith you can't please God. The Bible tells us that without faith it is impossible to please Him.

Answer 10

You can believe whatever you want. People do it all the time.