what ever happened to logic?

Question

theres 3 things that can happen when you die
1. Nothing! you just go into a deep sleep and you never wake up and your eaten by worms
2.You go to heaven if you do what the bible says you should do
3.You go to Hell if you dont dont do what the bible says.


Now a logical person would choose #2. unless you are a gambler then you would choose #1,unless you believe you were already going then you would choose #2and #1.but unless you hated God and knew he was real then you would Default to # 3.

Answer 1

Speaking of logic, your argument is based on the fallacy called the False Dilemma or trifurcation. I encourage you to read more about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

Answer 2

#1 is the easiest choice though pretty illogical. Anyone could find comfort in nonexistance and getting away with anything in life you could without getting caught. But to think logically and rationally is to understand that nonexistance MAY not be the case, if it is, it wont hurt to believe in God. If it is not the case, then its really a logically bad idea to not believe because you cannot change what is real regardless of what you believe or what you want. If there IS a God... not believing in Him wont make Him go away.

Answer 3

Although I happen to believe in the bible, your logic is flawed

This would be like saying, everyone should play the lottery because there are 3 options

1. You don't play you don't win
2. you play and you win
3. You play and you don't win

So regardless of your chances of winning the only chance to win is to play so you should play???

I don't think so, instead you should weigh the facts about your surroundings and make your best educated guess.

In addition based on what I know about what the bible says on salvation someone who used your logic to become a "christian" probably really wouldn't be saved.

Answer 4

Logical answer if you follow the Christian Doctrine. What about the logic for all other nonchristians. So how do we rank all of these?

1. nothing.
2. heaven, (typical heaven or self created)
3. hell (typical hell or self created)
4. reincarnation
5. becoming one with god
6. reincarnate into another dimensional world
7. the big sleep until judgment day
8. purgatory
9. whatever else I may have left off.

Answer 5

Umm... what do #'s 2 and 3 have to do with logic, again? I'm not seeing it. I think the logical person will choose the one that makes sense. That is what logic is all about, right? You're pretty mixed up about all this.

Answer 6

A logical person would recognize a contrived trifurcation when he sees it.

Option 4 is you go to some other deity's version of hell if you follow the Bible.

How many asinine variants of Pascal's wager must we be subjected to?

Answer 7

There's nothing funnier than a Christian trying to "logically" prove something. I don't need to point out all the flaws in your argument, my Atheist brethren above me have taken more than adequate care of that.

All I need to do is cite you:

YOU HAVE BEEN TICKETED BY THE LOGIC POLICE FOR IMPERSONATING A LOGICAL PERSON.

Stick with the faith stuff, you still sound silly but it's not as embarrassing

Answer 8

Actually, a logical person would realize that Heaven and hell do not exist.

What happened to logic? Your Church destroyed it. Read up on Martin Luther and how he said that knowledge and logic was an enemy of faith. There's your logic....

Answer 9

Um, there's like a million other possibilities. For instance, the Greek gods are real, and you suffer an eternity of torment for not living life in accordance with Ancient Greek standards and customs.

Answer 10

I'd recommend you to take a course in formal logic so maybe you'd avoid posting such childish fallacies.

What happened to logic in your question? It's simple absent.