You may have heard this asked before
If what we christians have spoken of for centuries is true, then you either gain everything in believing what we have been told about Christ. If it is ture and you don't believe you lose it all and become the "living dead" for all eternity in Hell.
On the other hand if what we believe is not true you lose nothing either way.
The question is...Do you want to take that risk?
2007-01-27 10:48:17 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Heard it before?
Are you kidding me?
Google "Pascal's Wager".
It shows up here ten or more times a day and it is an invalid argument.
There are better reasons to commit to a faith, friend.
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2007-01-27 10:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It seems like a risk to me either way. If you choose Christianity, you might have a hard life, if you don't you might have a hard life. So, it seems like flipping a coin, really!! There is no guarantee, except for that you won't go to hell, if you become a Christian. You will still get stepped on, persecuted, be in despair and just as helpless as the next person. The only difference is that you can pray, but your prayers might go unanswered because you're not in the will of God, and you're scrambling around like a chicken without a beak trying to figure out what the will of God is but you're always wrong.
2007-01-27 18:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is still a risk because the Flying Spaghetti Monster said the same thing. If I don't accept the Flying Spaghetti Monster and I accept Jesus than I am taking a pretty big risk because the Flying SPaghetti Monster has more scientific evidence supporting his existance than the christian god. And what If I accepted the FSM, and Zeus got angry?
I mean, now I have 3 gods mad at me...THEN What are my chances for punishment?? I think It's best just to stay neutral...
2007-01-27 18:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by Poo 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How about the fact that I lose an hour every Sunday going through motions I don't really believe in?
How about...losing out on a lifetime worth of self-respect since I was living a lie?
Mostly the self-respect. I'm not going to live a lie my whole life "just in case". If I truly am wrong, I'll take my punishment (rolls eyes, since it's God's fault for giving us free will in the first place), because it will be...
...THE HONEST THING TO DO.
2007-01-27 19:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by Kailee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if what we Jews have spoken about for 6,000 years is true, you and all you Chr*stians are going to Gehenna for idolatry. Do you want to take that risk?
Yes, I will take my own risk in believing what I feel is right and not being coerced into conversion through yet another threat of hell from you people.
2007-01-27 19:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth or Consequences. As adults we do not consider Salvation as a fire insurance against hell. We have come to an understanding of our sin and ask Jesus to help us live a holy life. This changes us here and now and offers a better life here and now. What happens in the future is just icing on the cake.
2007-01-27 18:54:54 · answer #6 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am sorry but you make it sound like you can have Christianity "just in case". It doesn't work that way. You either believe the message or you don't. If someone does not believe it, by merely professing something with their lips that they don't actually believe they have secured for themselves nothing.
2007-01-27 18:53:36 · answer #7 · answered by james p 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It must suck to look at life through such a narrow pinhole. Do you think that the billions of non-Christians on this planet are any less certain of their beliefs than you? Is this god of yours such a perverse being that he would create billions of lives destined to burn in hell because they are never exposed to his words? There are people in remote parts of this world who have never even heard of Jesus or Christianity. According to your thinking, through no fault of their own, they will go to hell.
The beauty of dogma is that people who are dumb enough to think dogmatically DESERVE what they get. We are just lucky enough to see them make spectacles of themselves here on Yahoo! Answers.
2007-01-27 19:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's assume you're right....would your God really be happy with people who chose to follow him out of fear of the consequence and not because they truly believed in him? If he would be happy with that, he's incredibly shallow.
The choice to be a christian should come from full faith....not fear of eternal damnation. And that whole fear of damnation thing is one of the reasons I HATE religion. Using fear as a tool to get people to follow your rules is ridiculous and shameful.
2007-01-27 18:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Again, this is not a true question, but merely a proselytizing attempt. Spam and advertisement go against Yahoo Answer's terms of service.
2007-01-27 18:52:28 · answer #10 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
That wager only works in the absence of other possibilities besides Christianity and disbelief. Since there are other such possibilities, choosing Christianity means that we might be missing a truth lying elsewhere.
2007-01-27 18:51:54 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋