Belief is not a choice, but only a result

During this debate we've discussed belief as non-choice and its impact on Christianity. I'll summarize and conclude each of these, starting with the latter.Belief as Non-Choice and ChristianityPro's opening argument made some very distinct comments about Christianity. The first paragraph begins with, "Christianity's biggest weak point for me lays in the fact that it assumes we can make a choice to believe in and have faith in God."The following paragraph begins with, "In order for Christianity to have any possible basis, we must all have the ability to believe in it."The third paragraph ends with, "This poses a problem that is fundamentally damning to Christianity"s veracity."Finally, Pro concludes with, "This is why belief/faith as a concept, poses a fatal flaw to veracity of Christianity."All throughout Pro's opening argument, my opponent relates choice as non-belief to Christianity. I submit that, though the topic title merely states, "Belief is not a choice, but only a result", the true matter of debate as presented in Pro's opening argument was whether belief as non-choice invalidates Christianity. I have thoroughly argued that it does not invalidate Christianity, and my opponent as conceded as much.We have agreed upon statement that "The idea of belief as something we cannot choose does not impact the validity of Christianity that is not religiously-exclusive." As long as some Christianity is valid, then one cannot say that the entirety of the religion is invalidated.Non-Religiously Exclusive Christians vs. JewsTo answer my opponent's questions, what makes non-religiously exclusive Christians different than Jews is that most Jewish faith sees Jesus as a prophet, equal to all the other Jewish prophets. Non-religiously exclusive Christians see Jesus either as part of God, or at least as an exemplar above and beyond other humans, and that, personally, there is some special value to be found in His story that is not as present in the stories of the other prophets. Before answering the question "how does a made up story by man ... bring us closer to understanding the divine?", I want to point out that many non-religiously exclusive Christians still believe in the resurrection to be fact. They just believe that belief in that resurrection is not absolutely necessary to have a relationship with God. As for the question, people who don't in the resurrection as literally true, still find meaning in the story. This may be because they believe it to be divinely inspired, or just because the story itself is something that speaks personally to them. Just as some people find certain art, music or poetry, or stories of charity and sacrifice spiritually moving, for some the story of Jesus is spiritually moving, even if they don't believe all the details literally.Is Belief a Choice or a Result?In Round 4, I gave the following argument:Premise 1: We have no choice over our beliefsPremise 2: We have free willPremise 3: Our actions are dictated by our beliefsConclusion 1: We have no choice over our actions. We have no free will.Conclusion 2: P2 contradicts C1. I argued P3 is true, so either P1 or P2 is false. In other words, if we have free will, then we have choice over our beliefs My opponent in the final round has argued that it is actually P3 that is false. To argue this, Pro states that our actions are not solely dictated by our beliefs, but also by our values. Pro then makes the distinction between beliefs and values as follows:Beliefs are what we think the truth is. We have no choice over our beliefs.Values are what is important to us. We do have choice over our values.Pro argues that this results in my third premise being false, thus making my argument unsound.Though I could argue against the distinction between beliefs and values, and that values are dictated by beliefs, meaning if beliefs are unchosen, then values must be too. However, I will not argue that. Instead, I want to focus on the hole the idea of values has opened up in my opponent's argument.My opponent said that "our actions can also be dictated by our values" instead of beliefs, and that "Values are changeable (through free will), beliefs are not." If this is true, then a funny thing happens:Most religiously exclusive forms of Christianity insist that a commitment to Jesus as the one and only saviour. A commitment is an action, a choice. Since our actions can be dictated by our values, which are changeable, then lack of control over beliefs couldn't stop you from making that commitment. You could still make that commitment from your values, which you have control over. You can still choose to get baptized, you can choose to go through confirmation.Also, most religiously exclusive churches state that as long as you've made that commitment to Christ, and are striving for a closer relationship with God (value), it doesn't matter if you 100% believe. The fact that you are committed to studying, learning about and living a Christ-centered life is sufficient. Belief is not necessary. Value will do. Value is driven by free will, so Christianity can be a choice.As anyone can choose to be Christian through their values, belief being a non-choice is not a hindrance, even for religiously exclusive Christianity.EndingI want to thank Pro for a fun and engaging debate. I look forward to discussion more topics with Pro in the future.