According to Pascal's Wager it's better to believe in god so that you can go to heaven. To me that sounds like an insurance policy for your soul. So if that's the case then wouldn't it be better then to be Polytheists and worship all of the God's such as Ra, Zeus, Quetzlcoatzl, Ahura Mazda, Shiva, Odin and all the gods known to mankind to make sure that you don't go to hell? For all the Atheists, FreeThinkers, Humanists,fellow Agnostics and all else I mentioned Pascal's Wager so drink up lol. To all Polytheists I apologize. I don't mean to insult you guys.
2007-03-05 09:54:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For those who don't know what Pascal's Wager is here's a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager
2007-03-05 09:56:02 · update #1
The odds are simply not in your favor according to Pascal's wager. To force yourself to believe in one specific god you are forcing yourself to ignore countless other gods. Who's to say which one is the right one? If you go by a holy book to find that answer which book then do you choose... they all claim to have THE correct answer.
So step one puts you in a predicament, step 2 further endangers you since belief isn't something that comes naturally to many. If you put on a facade of belief will that be enough to grant you entry (considering of course you picked the right god in step one)? Many would say that belief itself, even fervent steadfast belief, is not enough. This opens you up to an innumerable number of choices as to which actions you must take to solidify your place in this "heaven."
Pascal's wager is a wager indeed... with odds much less favorable than any terrestrial lottery. I will choose the only tenable position... Stay open to everything, but believe nothing.
2007-03-05 10:11:56 · answer #1 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Except that by definition, most of these gods are jealous ones and would punish you for "sleeping around" so to speak.
Although Pascal's Wager is flawed because you do lose something; Truth. If you accept Christianity because if you are right you go to Heaven and if you are wrong, so what, you're dead anyways, you miss out on a fundamental part of life; the pursuit of real Truth. If you accept Christianity and are wrong, you lose on a life time of trying to find real Truth; just because there is no god doesn't mean there is no point to life. You will have made decisions all your life based on Christian beliefs that were wrong and lead yourself and others further away from what was real, potentially causing even more damage and suffering because of your delusion and how you expressed it. That is why Pascal's Wager is flawed.
2007-03-05 10:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by neuralzen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 10:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are correct if one was to take Pascal's Wager seriously, you'd have to become a polytheist. But here's the catch, most of the other Gods don't care whether or not you worship them, the only one that demands you worship him and wants to burn you if you don't is the Christian God.
In my mind NOT worshiping the Christian God is the only moral choice because he is obviously a malevolent deity if he'd torture people for not believing in him. And given the fact that according to the bible he was defeated by mere iron chariots back in the Bronze Age, I don't think we have to worry. ;-)
2007-03-05 11:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pascal's Wager has a ton of holes.
You didn't apologize to Buddhists?
2007-03-05 09:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by super Bobo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't be much of an insurance policy since you only have about a 1 in 1500 chance of picking the right religion out of all there are out there (since most require that you only follow one). You're just as likely to go to some form of hell as the atheists.
Herein lies your point.
2007-03-05 10:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that a cheat? Isn't it supposed to be a believer that comes up with a Pascal's Wager question?
Like this one? Cheers!
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2007-03-05 10:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by Nobody 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't buy into Pascal's Wager personally and I hope that most Christians don't either. My faith is much more complex than that.
2007-03-05 09:57:05 · answer #8 · answered by Tiff 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You and Pascal cannot fool Almighty God. Remember He is omniscient which means "all knowing." Also Jesus Christ is the only God who has said that there is only one way to heaven and that is by Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God.
2007-03-05 09:59:53 · answer #9 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Cheers
2007-03-05 09:58:50 · answer #10 · answered by rosbif 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋