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"Think of it this way, if I'm wrong, then when I die I'll just be dead. But if they're wrong (and they are), and God is real, then in hell will they lift up their eyes. What do I have to lose?"
Could we all just take a moment, educate ourselves about what Pascal's Wager is and why it is a false argument....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascals_wager
and NEVER BRING IT UP AGAIN?
Thank you.
(yes, it's a pet peeve of mine. Sue me)
2006-09-13 04:58:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Aurora.... good point!
(smartass)
:)
2006-09-13 05:01:44 · update #1
But what if Pascal's Wager isn't false? In that case... oh, well... nevermind.
2006-09-13 05:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Offering Pascal's Wager cast five points, answering cost 2. That is Y!A's Wager.
2006-09-13 12:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I feel that it is mistaken at best to say "Oh well, if I'm wrong I'll just be dead. What do I have to lose?"
Hypothetically speaking-we would stand to lose everything we've hoped for and lived for and believed in if we were wrong. I can think of no greater tragedy than to not have my God.
It certainly isn't a matter of "oh well" for me, neither is it to my Christian brothers and sisters who have realized (inasmuch as God has revealed) what we have received in Christ.
2006-09-13 12:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pascal's wager requires one to accept the premise that a *God* exists, entertaining the wager is, in and of itself, a capitulation of critical thinking.
2006-09-13 12:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course Paschal was wrong; deathbed conversions are the only thing that make sense in his logic (or flawed logic).
I like Occam's Razor more. Let's get everyone quoting THAT every day around here!
2006-09-13 12:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I have calculated the amount of time it takes for a believer to bring it up and have come up with the answer. No. we definitely cannot make it through one day without someone trying to use that flawed argument.
2006-09-13 12:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by Spookshow Baby 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have investigated the possiblity of a Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2006-09-13 12:12:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
New people log on here all the time and you will see it again. Every day. For the rest of your life.
I like Homer's Gambit myself. That is my normal response, or something close to it.
2006-09-13 12:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. I reply, "My god is irate with you for believing in such a silly idea as .... [fill in the blank with the religion of your choice]. Since you are too witless to see my god's true nature, my god is going to consign you to hell."
2006-09-13 12:04:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy wimpering wednesday batman, I hate that crap too. My Dad uses that tired crap all the time, it makes me want to scream. It would be nice to go postal, whip out a 45 and say "Should we find out now?"
2006-09-13 12:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋