It matters if the person is writing an article claiming that all believers would stop believing IF they were smarter. Not the best approach considering that there are educated believers and uneducated atheists. Atheism is a choice. You choose what to believe. Sexuality may not be. If a person is born a hermaphrodite, they cannot choose at birth but can choose to become one or the other later. A person can have a sex change so that can be a choice later. If genetics dictate that a person is XXY, then what are they? Male or female?
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Sorry if his opinion put your nose out of joint. He's entitled to it, and you are entitled to yours. Unless of course you're saying you shouldn't have your opinion that atheism is a choice. But if your opinion counts, why wouldn't his? Mine of course is, and will always be, it's not a choice and it's silly to argue that it is. If you're a believer, why would you choose not to believe? And seriously, I don't want to hear any of that "to follow the world" bull. That's one of the most ridiculous arguments some of the so called christians use.
If you're not a believer, why would you choose to start believing? To choose to believe means you have to believe in the first place, or else what would you be choosing to believe in? There's no other way around it. Again, there are plenty of people who, for whatever reason, pretends to believe. And I'm sure too that there are plenty who, for whatever their reason, pretend not to believe when they actually do.
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