does exist for those who never trusted Jesus?
2007-02-17 16:07:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It depends on why I only have 30 days. If I'm dying , then I need to prepare my family. If jesus is coming back, then I'm serving as many people as possible before he comes.
2007-02-17 16:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pascal's wager:
"If god exists, it's infinitely better to believe, since you get heaven instead of hell for eternity. If he doesn't, it doesn't matter since you're dead anyway. So overall it's better to believe"
This is, of course, false.
Some of the problems with the argument:
* The implied assumption that god may exist (with a 50% probability, no less!)
* The assumption that there is an afterlife with a heaven and hell
* The assumption that the god cares about belief in him/her above all else
* The assumption that if you believe in a god, it will definitely be the same god that actually exists.
* The assumption that you lose nothing if it's false. You have lost a great deal, from time praying to a nonexistent entity (somebody mentioned just today praying several hours a day!!!) to morality (your god may ask you to hurt other people) and much more besides.
* The assumption that people can believe in something simply because it benefits them. Would you believe goblins exist for twenty bucks? Why not?
* The assumption that any god won't see through the "believing just to get into heaven" ploy.
For more:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/wager.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/wager.html
2007-02-17 16:10:45 · answer #2 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What about the people that existed before Jesus? and another thing, what gives you a mere mortal human, the right to pass judgement which is the job of the Gods AND Goddesses? I sould knock that bible out of your hand, but i think you would kill me for doing such a favor.
God guided me to be a PaGAN, i think youre taking more of a risk than I am, because if Jesus, and Jehovah turn out to be false Gods, then you have to answer to one of the billions of Gods and Goddesses and they wont like it that you worshipped a christian God. thanks for playing Pascals wager, you lose!
If i had thirty days left on earth, Id spend it partying and being with those I love, not wasting time searching for something that is already within all of us, and never seperate from us. Christians got it WRONG! but they hate being told that, nobody likes the truth, especially a christian
2007-02-17 16:11:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only 30 days?
No I wouldn't seek god, I would be too busy partying. The reason that I wouldn't seek him is because he doesn't exist. I actually wouldn't even consider giving it a minute's thought, because it would be a waste of a minute.
2007-02-17 16:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by taa 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If I haven't found god in 40 years on this earth, do you seriously think I'm gonna find him in thirty days? Or that I would even want to waste my last 30 days believing in nonsense "just in case?"
2007-02-17 16:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have already sought and found my God. In my last 30 days, I would seek to spend still more quiet time with him, with his creation and in doing all of the good that I can. After all....my reward/rest is eternal.
2007-02-17 16:13:58 · answer #6 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, I wouldn't seek god. I would seek the fastest car ever built and spend my last 30 days having fun.
2007-02-17 16:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by Jason Bourne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would I care? You said "30 days left on earth" but I'm not on Earth, I'm a cosmonaut
2007-02-17 16:11:12 · answer #8 · answered by FAUUFDDaa 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would place an arrangement to have my body stored in Liquid Nitrogen. I think that Cryonics might work, a very slight possibility but better than nothing.
2007-02-17 16:10:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I had 30 days left, I'd have more important things to do than waste my time on Christian fantasy.
2007-02-17 16:11:03 · answer #10 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋