Hehehe. I just wanted top say it :-) Drink up! To make this into a question- what do ya'll think of pascals scare tactic your better safe than sorry wager that can apply to any deity?
2007-03-15 11:58:14 · 17 answers · asked by Armund Steel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey stay at home home mom: STAY AT HOME. Life isn't always about being so uptight and serious. Lighten up sweetie:-)
2007-03-15 12:04:45 · update #1
Gin and tonic it is!
2007-03-15 12:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by WWTSD? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pascal's wager, while an interesting thing to consider, is generally considered a poor argument from a Christian standpoint, and pretty much every other standpoint. While it makes a true mathematical suggestion, it fails to use good purpose when making a decision. The whole "Better to be safe than sorry" isn't what Christianity is about. You either jump all the way in, or stay out. You can't just dabble for fire insurance.
As a Christian, people's use of this principle in evangelism is usually a sign that they are running out of things to say, or that they don't trust God to provide answers, or they don't have answers because they never study their Scriptures.
Anyway, Happy St. Patty's day, make sure to get some of that green beer!
2007-03-15 19:11:27 · answer #2 · answered by GodsKnite 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
(gulp) ahh. Thanks!
Yeah, christians would be awfully busy if they applied Pascal's wager to all gods -- there have been literally hundreds of thousands of them throughout history. And they think theirs is "the only one" simply because 20% or so of the world is currently deluded into believing in it! Ha! It is to laugh...
Peace.
2007-03-15 19:03:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
*drink*
It operates on a couple of faulty assumptions, that a) a person can simply decide to believe or not, as though it were a light switch and b) that there is nothing of value to be lost in following the Christian faith. Those of us who have left it, beg to differ.
2007-03-15 19:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Thanks
*hic*
2007-03-15 19:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you read his Night of Fire, you will see Pascal is talking about Jesus.
2007-03-15 19:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That Pascal was quite the joker.
2007-03-15 19:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
*hitting my PCA button for a shot of morphine* thanks
It's not as much fun as having another Buddhist who misinterprets "perception" and "karma" leveling threats at ya for wondering if a person's really a qualified lama or not.
_()_
2007-03-15 19:05:30 · answer #8 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No its too early for them to start drinking!!! Think of all the missed work.
2007-03-15 19:09:16 · answer #9 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would luv ta, but i godda drief holme!
*slams a fast double*
2007-03-15 19:04:17 · answer #10 · answered by U-98 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Please review to be better informed of the entire scope of the wager:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
2007-03-15 19:16:25 · answer #11 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋