I “chose to have faith” when I had a crisis of faith as a kid. However, after my crisis of faith I no longer actually made predictions based on my faith-beliefs.
“Choosing faith” and actually believing something are very different.
Not making predictions based on faith-beliefs sounds just perfect for what I had in mind here. Maybe it can be characterized as “Doublethink” or “belief in belief (without the actual belief)”, but if so, that’s fine.
The goal would not be to use Faith to make predictions, only to psychologically manipulate oneself.
I “chose to have faith” when I had a crisis of faith as a kid. However, after my crisis of faith I no longer actually made predictions based on my faith-beliefs.
“Choosing faith” and actually believing something are very different.
Not making predictions based on faith-beliefs sounds just perfect for what I had in mind here. Maybe it can be characterized as “Doublethink” or “belief in belief (without the actual belief)”, but if so, that’s fine.
The goal would not be to use Faith to make predictions, only to psychologically manipulate oneself.
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