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Originally Posted by lagtight
You believe something because in your mind it is true. How do you suspend thinking that something is true if you really think that it is true?
The word "believe" has a religious meaning and a secular meaning.
I think religious belief is largely the same as faith. Faith is the turning off of one's critical thinking skills and judgement and the adoption of a position for no "good reason"(meaning, rational reason).
A sane person can "believe" anything but he can't think anything.
No sane person can think that a God of love and justice and decency wanted Abraham to slice off part of his own penis, but he can believe it, just like those guys in California 25 years ago who all committed suicide to "spiritually" jump on that passing asteroid.
So, one can try non-belief by reactivating his critical thinking skills and judgement, but it doesn't happen over night.