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Now, a good number of people were saying that God is merciful, and as long as you were sincere before you died, you would be saved.
God likes sincerity.
Now, keeping this in mind, how on earth is Pascal's wager acceptable?
2006-08-09 08:12:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Huh. Given what I just posted, I STILL get offered the wager?
2006-08-09 09:20:20 · update #1
That's partly where I was going with that.
Now I'm more busy wondering how 'sincere' the repentance can be of a thief who is clearly scared witless because he's got nails driven through his hands and is seeking a little bit of comfort from the long-haired guy next to him who a bunch of people seemed to like...
2006-08-09 08:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah. I think God can smell a fair weather friend.
Just following a religion is not enough. You have to believe and if you didn't have the conviction to choose Christianity to begin with and had to resort to "which one will benefit me more", then you don't believe.
Posing Pascal's Wager actually seems quite unchristian to me. It is not about what you want, what makes you feel good, or what will benefit you most. It is about what you believe. I guess I'm saying that you don't come to a point where you say "Now what do I do" and pick something. You come to a point where it just hits you that this whole God thing is real and is the path for me. I think that is a true Christian.
2006-08-09 15:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bet,
Thank you for the very inveresting question. I have found Pascal's Wager to be a very interesting proposal in the past. And one may wonder if it works at all. I have been told, "If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck; it is a duck." In other words, if one lives as a Christian, they will indeed become a Christian. If one worships God, lives according to HIS precepts, and encourages others to do the same, he will come to believe. If you are a betting person, would you consider giving it a shot, for say the next 40 days? Pray in the morning and at night. Attend the sacrefice of the Mass on the next six Sundays. Read three chapters from the Bible a day(they are very short). Follow the Ten Commendmants. It's only for fourty days, it would be interesting, and we could see if it really works.
Embrace the Grace,
2006-08-09 15:54:39 · answer #3 · answered by readtobit2001 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm going to cheat and recycle the answer I gave to Ed:
So god can do whatever he wants and he is beyond time and all of that, but once you are dead then your time is up and too bad if you made a mistake because he isn't THAT forgiving? Is that how it goes?
I've asked this before, it's the same as every other damn thing they never look at things differently - ever.
2006-08-09 15:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It isn't. All they are doing in Pascals Wager is asking us to do something they themselves would never do - give lip service to a belief system they do not believe in. It is ok if we do it but lo and behold they can't.
2006-08-09 15:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There isn't a theologan alive that doesn't consider Pascal's wager a joke.
only the uninformed masses still try to use it.
2006-08-09 15:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It isn't of course, but that won't stop legions of nutters from mindlessly repeating it.
2006-08-09 15:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by lenny 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋