or to those who do not feel they need to go to Church to be saved?
2007-03-08 09:15:47 · 17 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-03-08 09:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck, apply Pascal's Wager to a lot of the old testament. Like killing witches, beating your children, sacraficing animals and things like that.
2007-03-08 17:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I drink she ish trying to ged ush trunk.
Pascals wager is actually a bet that your God is dumb enough to be scammed.
I mean no disrespect but that is what the wager amounts to.
If I say I believe I might get to heaven so I will believe just in case.
If your God falls for that I have some deals for him.
besides what if you are betting on the wrong god. You better believe in all the other ones just in case.
2007-03-08 17:21:18 · answer #3 · answered by U-98 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not a good idea to apply Pascal's Wager, period. You've been on this site long enough to see how flawed of an argument it is.
2007-03-08 17:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Glug glug.
Pascal's Wager amounts to "First, let's assume that Christians are correct about everything. Now, let's see if we can use that to prove that Christians are right".
It's called "begging the question". The fact that so many believers don't see that it is reflect how little they have thought about religion. It's probably the #1 piece of evidence for the claim that Christians simply don't know enough about religion to discuss religion intelligently.
2007-03-08 17:17:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you try to apply Pascal's Wager, you're intellectually bankrupt.
2007-03-08 17:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can but all it does is deal in probabilities. Also, salvation is not based upon one's church attendance, but a true Christian will see the need for fellowship and corporate worship.
2007-03-08 17:21:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jerry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church doesn't save anyone. It only condemns them to a live of servitude to a non existent deity
2007-03-08 17:19:56 · answer #8 · answered by Tazmaniac 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, whatever
Problem is with the wager:
Since god knows when you are being phony and just pretending to believe, there is no difference with just not believing altogether.
2007-03-08 17:19:30 · answer #9 · answered by zaphodsclone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no its old news and the atheists are sick to death of the 50/50 bet
2007-03-08 17:23:06 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋