A lot of people believe in god, even though there is no evidence (i'm not trying to cause an argument). but would you be willing to put your money where your mouth is, and bet that there is a god?
2007-04-27 08:36:09 · 19 answers · asked by twister 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm willing to be there is none - except that all gods very conveniently behave exactly like ones that don't exist; how do you propose to settle the bet?
And if this refers to 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 (some people pray 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
2007-04-27 08:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is not a wager but a choice, a decision.
It is your free will, choose wisely.
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The proof and evidence is all around you and everywhere, undeniable proof, and indisputable visible evidence. It is called creation and life. Unless your are blind, deaf, and senseless. You can see, smell, taste, hear, feel, and examine the evidence.
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We live on a planet teeming with life. Plant life with approximately 250,000 species, animal life with over a million species. Scientists are learning just how complex life is. So complex that it requires design. The evidence of design requires a designer. Scientists are also learning the conditions for life; just how perfect conditions here on planet Earth are to support all this life.
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The human brain, it absorbs forty megabytes per second of data while awake. That is two terabytes of data a day. At night, it sorts and stores that data through the creation of new chemical bonds and synaptic connectors.
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Sure, right, this all just happened and evolved. This sort of thinking takes considerable faith, exponentially more faith than believing in a creator.
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2007-04-27 08:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I placed my eternal destiny on the King James Bible that God's word's are true, that he exists ( whether you believe it or not doesn't change the fact that it's true). I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour because I believe that he does exist that he is the only God and that I was on my way to hell because I'm a dirty sinner who deserves to go there, and that Jesus Christ is the only one who can save me from that damnable place, he's the only one who died in man's place and is a risen saviour! The Bible says that we can see evidence of our creator in his creation. A merciful perfect God would make a way for us to know that he exists.
Satan and devil's exist too they will do what they can to blind you from seeing the truth, which explains why people won't see the truth, so that they can get you into hell, ...also there are people who are willingly ignorant (the Bible speaks of people like this). The devil's are posing as God's (idols) because they want to be worshipped...one of the many deceptions of Satan. Don't buy the devil's lies!
2007-04-27 18:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you never accept Jesus Christ in this life, I'll bet that you'll appear before the throne of God in the resurrection of the damned, bend the knee and confess that Jesus is Lord.
If you lose the bet, you spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.
If you win the bet, we both simply cease to exist.
Deal?
2007-04-27 08:43:14 · answer #4 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friend I have gone a long ways farther than that - I have bet the rest of eternity on my god! but will be leaving the money here.
2007-04-27 08:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by S.O.S. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's unproveable one way or another. That's about like betting on the color of an unknown fish that died in 1633 without ever having been seen by a human.
2007-04-27 08:42:44 · answer #6 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
really, the Bible makes no commandments about playing. it really is a be counted of Christian freedom and is ruled through common stewardship. If a Christian makes their wages, supplies to God, supplies to the unfavourable, helps their kinfolk, pays their taxes, etc., and has money left over for leisure, then in the experience that they prefer to bypass spend some on playing, it really is allowable performed responsibly and carefully. to extra efficient understand the Bible, bypass on-line and skim the Kretzmann Commentaries on the hot and previous Testaments (starting up with the hot). they are solid common primers. also, examine Martin Luther's great and small catechisms with factors.
2016-12-04 23:31:59 · answer #7 · answered by mendelson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one of The True Christian Faith can "prove" God to anyone... the proof you seek can only come from God...
I know absolutly with certainty that The One True God is real... but I will not even attempt to prove it to you... I can offer my testimony and my witness but that is all... and that is all that any of The Faith can do.
If you have any question concerning the basics of The True Christian Faith you may email me. One honest question will receive one honest answer to the best of my ability... or you may check me out at: http://www.mikesfaith.com
2007-04-27 08:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who's going to settle the bet?
2007-04-27 08:39:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just the fact that he is not human and that there is no human explanation to how God created us makes God a far superior being than us and his knowledge is much more complex than ours and so we know God (a superior creator) exists
2007-04-27 08:42:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋