And that's when I realized that believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is like making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Belief in God involves both involuntary feeling and conscious choice, similar to love.
- In plain terms
- Believing is like loving; it happens and you choose it.
- What can you take from it?
- Faith combines feeling and decision.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is faith a choice or a gift?
Another view
Love and belief may not be perfectly analogous.
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