why are people obsessed with Pascal Wager if we all know that does not exist?

Question

When you say Pascal Wager! Do you know what are you really saying!

Why don't you use your brain to respond to the questions "under the Pascal wager Thing" uhmm

That theory is based on ignorance about God, and I just simply don't care about Mister Pascal


Drink!

Answer 1

do you even know what pascal wager is?

I'll tell you when you start making sense

Answer 2

I haven't the slightest idea what you just said there. But yes I understand Pascal's wager and just how superficial an argument it is.

Answer 3

Of course, you do not know how many Gods there may be to choose from, so believing in only one God may not offer much of an advantage over believing in none. If the odds of winning a lottery are only one in 200 million, is holding one ticket much of an advantage over holding none? It is true that the person holding NO ticket will NEVER win, but the person holding one ticket only has a 1 in 200 million chance of winning.

And what if redeeming this single lottery ticket comes with a lot of special requirements which must be followed your entire life before you can cash in? If you only had a 1 in 200 million chance of winning something would you be willing to alter what most likely is your only real life in such a way to meet the special requirements of winning that lottery? Would you be willing to:

become a total vegetarian?
live in a cave?
bang your head on the ground several times a day?
wear uncomfortable shoes?
shave your pubic hair?
eat raw chicken entrails?
sleep on sharp rocks every night?

The statement "If you believe in God and turn out to be incorrect, you have lost nothing" really doesn't include the loss of wasting your entire life following a false belief. Belief in God rarely comes without strings attached and some of the added requirements are not worth the effort when you consider the odds of getting a payoff. This is especially true if you are not guaranteed that you are believing in the One True God (tm).

Answer 4

Then people should stop asking pascal wager type questions!

Answer 5

Speaking of ignorance....Pascal's Wager is meant to SUPPORT your side of the argument, genius!

Answer 6

Go here for information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager

*glug*

It means you are saying your belief is better than everybody else's because gaining a reward is assumed, and due to gain being better than no gain, it is better to be religious.

But if I were to say what if the Ancient Egyptians were right, and your organs weren't removed after you died, nor were you mummified, then everybody else has everything to lose and nothing to gain.

It reminds me of those Nigerian money scams where in order to receive the reward you must first pay something and place absolute faith in something that you've never actually seen, and without ever knowing if its true. If it isn't a scam you gain lots of money, if it is a scam you lose lots of money, if you never believed in the scam you gain nothing nor lose nothing.

Answer 7

Theists ( not "people" ) bring up the argument! ... They just have no clue of the ludicrous nature of their own stance. All atheists do is tell them that they're using Pascal's Wager and then have a * DRINK *! ... ( It Gets *Very* TEDIOUS. )

[ We're now up to Iteration ~83,862,046,896 of P.W. *sigh* ]

Answer 8

because we're ignorant. we get obsess with a lots of things that we know doesn't exist and it's hard to change becoz that's just human nature. u and i know tat it's not real so it shouldn't bother us.
drink?

Answer 9

I think it's used so much because to some it SOUNDS like something intelligent, when in reality it means nothing.

atheist

Answer 10

I'll have a double shot of jack daniels on the rocks,please.