did most of them just recently read what pascal's wager is? or are they the ones whose skulls are too thick to penetrate?
do we have mormons or muslims who ask about pascal's wager?
2007-03-23 13:01:38 · 14 answers · asked by lnfrared Loaf 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They think it's a good, persuasive, legit argument. They just don't know any better.
2007-03-23 13:08:47 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they tend to see it as persuasive and effective. Persuasive it is, and it does help instill fear in those uneducated, and it sounds "reasonable"... the problem of course is that a fallacy is, by definition, persuasive... In fact the fallacy of Pascal's wager persists this long simply because a fallacy is more effective than reality - illogic is more persuasive to people than logic. It's a sad truth, but very evident in America.
Just as people continue to use the argument by design even though that was utterly blown out of the water by Charles Darwin (who had read the design argument and refutes it cleverly in his book - of course they rarely teach this to Americans and Origin of the Species isn't a required read).
Other fallacies persist absolutely unhindered by fact, history, logic or reality.
It's a sad state of affairs, but they use what works.
2007-03-23 20:08:50 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They obviously don't even know about the wager....or the drinking game. I doubt those other two groups are going to ask. Mormons are trying to recruit via door to door and Muslims are busy trying to explain to the ignorant people that they aren't all terrorists.
I personally don't care how many times the wager comes up...I have plenty here to drink!
2007-03-23 20:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by KS 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
They reasoning abilities are working to the limit of their capabilities. It's their utmost attempt at logic.
Look. It's not a fair world. Not everyone is blessed with a high level of mental capacity for rational thought. It's really the best they can do- and their very proud of themselves when they, after years of religious study, come up with these questions.
2007-03-23 20:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by Morey000 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because every movie made in Hollywood today is based on 100% original ideas, so the Internet is the only place you can see some refreshing repetition.
2007-03-23 20:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt they know who Pascal is. I think most of them are under the assumption that they just had an original idea. Either that or they heard it from church or from some televangelist.
2007-03-23 20:05:37 · answer #6 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
On the surface P.W. seems so obvious that everybody should go sign up at their nearest house of worship. On even mild examination it is clear that it does not tell a person what to do.
But, then I guess, you just have to think about it.
2007-03-23 20:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by Alan 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
they just want other people to share in the joy that comes with their beliefs...it's a naive attempt, but it comes from a place of kindness at least.
...the difficult thing to get across is that beliefs are not the source of joy...it comes from somewhere much more primordial. Beliefs are more like one of the many possible manifestations of joy...though beliefs may also take shape according to other (negative) factors as well.
-Rob
2007-03-23 20:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by Rob S 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They think it's so clever that you can't argue against it - last fellow was case in point. It's a function that they can only think inside their tiny box, that they can't comprehend someone having lost something by worshipping their way, or that this could apply to any religion, or my favorite, what definition of God are they talking about anyway?
But they can't think like this, and consider themselves so very clever.
2007-03-23 20:05:54 · answer #9 · answered by KC 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
They think that that idiotic argument is a good one. Yes I have seen Muslims ask it several times.
2007-03-23 20:05:02 · answer #10 · answered by Alex 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋