do you ever use pascal's wager when...?

Question

...discussing your god to people who believe in a different god? certainly, there are other belief systems who might find your belief evil and worthy of their god's punishment to hell. how do you argue using pascal's wager then? if they're wrong they go to your hell, but if you're wrong you go to their hell.

stand up philosopher, shut up!!! who said i was talking about muslims. you're so short-sighted it's pathetic. i could create a god in my mind right now, that says all christians go to hell. i could start a following of people to go along with me. and before you know it we have a belief system. much like christianity's got started. so how do you argue against something like that, moron!!!???

Answer 1

I think that you could argue that the Wager provides reason to seek God but not direct belief. If someone thought your religious views would send you to tell, you can argue that if you are in error about God, it is an honest error and a good God wouldn't punish us for honest error.

Answer 2

wtf? this question reeks of absurdity. Why on earth would you ever think of something like this? I mean, what are you talking about? Christian v.s. muslim? They debate how to worship god, not which god is better. Once again, wtf?I don't even know where to begin with this. All I can say is, may GOd have mercy on us all for you posting this innanely retarded, half-witted, poor excuse for a attack against a person's belief comment.

Answer 3

pascal's wager is a wishy-washy excuse to believe in a particular deity, so I would never use it in attempting to convert people of another belief system.

Answer 4

pascal's wager is severely flawed. If anyone uses it as a tool to get someone to convert, it's because they've got nothing else.

Answer 5

If anyone really, truly thinks that it could turn me from my Gods they are really naive.

Answer 6

It's how I became an alcoholic.