Pascal's Wager can only cause a conundrum, even the most stubborn indoctrinated Xtian has to realize this eventually. Taking pascal's wager to it's logical end would mean first finding, then worshiping every god known to man, just in case, a monumental task....and a contradictory one as well...
2007-10-03 18:22:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
there are sooooo many problems with pascals wager and the whole idea defies what Christianity is supposed to be all about- you have only scratched the surface of the fallicy of pascals wager- but yes, you are right.
2007-10-03 18:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Worshipping every god wouldn't be all that efficient, because some gods would consider that just as bad as worshipping none. It wouldn't help to be both a Christian and a Muslim, because if either religion were true you'd still go to hell. So you'd want to worship only the gods that don't demand exclusivity. And logically it doesn't matter whether those gods are already known to man or whether you just make them up as you go along, it has no effect on the probability that they exist.
2007-10-04 01:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Indeed. Pascal's Wager has been torn to shreds so many times that it's not worth bringing up anymore.
2007-10-04 01:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by Keyring 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pascal is a little less fortunate about religion. There is zero probability that God in religion exists.
2007-10-04 01:35:03 · answer #4 · answered by kent☼wn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only that, pascal's wager is a gutless cop-out, living in paranoia is no way to go throughout life.
2007-10-04 02:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by Testika Filch Milquetoast 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't even know that this theory had a name until some atheists started pointing out that some of my statements were already claimed by some French philosopher. Thinking back, the theory is useless. Faith to the Christian religion determines it all and not chance.
2007-10-04 01:28:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely do agree.
And before you even do any of that, you have to first figure out if any kind of benevolent god would torture you for eternity simply for refusing to (or being unable to) acknowledge it's existence.
Basically... should one even bother to embark on such a monumental waste of time?
2007-10-04 01:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The statement is true, but it really only scratches the surface. I can think of lots of other reasons it's without merit.
2007-10-04 01:26:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Sounds about right. But then, you're automatically in hell in any monotheistic system (you worshipped another god! Bad!) so you're screwed anyway.
2007-10-04 01:28:06 · answer #9 · answered by v35322 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about all other religions, but I think Christianity is the only one that promises pain and suffering if you don't believe. I could be wrong, if any one has more info, please send me a message and let me know.
2007-10-04 01:30:42 · answer #10 · answered by word 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋