Here is the “Atheist’s Wager” – the underlying belief of MANY people, including some Christians:
“You should live your life and try to make the world a better place for your being in it, whether or not you believe in God. If there is no God, you have lost nothing and will be remembered fondly by those you left behind. If there is a benevolent God, he may judge you on your merits coupled with your commitments, and not just on whether or not you believed in him.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager#Atheist.27s_Wager
Until I became a Christian, this was the philosophy I lived regardless of my “stated” religion as a Catholic, Mystic, Agnostic, or Atheist. For, underneath or despite my chosen “religion”, I held to the above moral principle.
But there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with the so-called “atheist’s wager”...
Could a Christian who knows the Gospel explain the error of this philosophy so that other readers may hear and not fall into this tragic pit?
2007-10-08
18:39:14
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