Please be honest
2007-10-11 15:32:32 · 15 answers · asked by Moe Hawk 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Never even heard of it.
2007-10-11 15:38:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not an atheist, but to set the record straight about the wager.
Pascal was a brilliant man. After he died, his friends gathered notes that they found at his house, tried to collate them and then published them. The Wager was a work in progress. Pascal would never have based faith upon a cost/benefit analysis and undoubtedly that would have been clarified had he lived.
I think Pascal meant to bring up the subject of the worth of seeking God. If we substitute "seeking God" for "believe in God", then the wager makes more sense to us.
And for those who want to ask "which god?", the answer is the God who created me. I don't care about any other god. I already know something about the God who created me (assuming I was created) because I know something about myself and I am His creation.
2007-10-12 06:14:41 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry - not an atheist, but I have to answer this one. Pascal's Wager is, at best, an astonishingly cynical way to look at things. If the best you can do to justify your belief about the origin and purpose of the universe is a cost-benefit analysis, then I think you seriously need to re-examine your core beliefs. I believe as I do because I believe Christianity presents an accurate picture of the universe. Hope for heaven and fear of hell do not enter into it. The atheists I respect believe there is no God because they believe that is an accurate picture of the universe. Hope for heaven and fear of hell do not enter into it.
Personally, I have no respect for someone who espouses a belief based solely or mostly on what it will get them. Perhaps this explains my attitude towards most politicians.
2007-10-11 22:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a load of crap.
It's founded on a bunch of assumptions that believers are never willing to admit to or examine. When the underlying assumptions ARE examined they are exposed as completely ridiculous. And it's an explicit endorsement of FEAR as the core principle of faith.
Any god who could be fooled by such idiocy isn't worthy of worship.
2007-10-11 22:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by au_catboy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is only applicable if there is only one religion on earth and the god has to be a darn stupid one.
If not, then this wager is completely flawed.
2007-10-11 22:39:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think of it like this: My dad in his youth questioned a priest relentlessly about if he ever worried that he wasted his life. The priest, obviously tiring of my fathers rant said, "Look, if all of this is a fairly tale, then I'll be damned!"
I just think sleeping in on Sundays is worth a lot.
2007-10-11 22:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by Frank B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a god and I choose to believe, how do I know if I pick the right one?
Also, if there is a god and again I choose to believe, don't you think he'd know that I'd only be believing just to be on the safe side?
2007-10-11 22:36:57 · answer #7 · answered by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is one of those things that sounds good till you think about it for 20 seconds. Then you realize that it is just silly.
But it really does point out how fear based religion is since it comes up constantly.
2007-10-11 22:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think it's kinda silly cuz god would know if you really didn't believe and was just faking it. That would be like an insult to god if he really did exist. So I don't think it's good reasoning.
2007-10-11 22:43:28 · answer #9 · answered by Moxie! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's worn out.
It's based on stuff that isn't even real to us, so it gets tiring having is asked a million times.
It's like trying to get adults to believe in purple bunnies that will kill you in your sleep if you don't believe, because I believe they will.
2007-10-11 22:36:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is completely illogical. You shall see others answer more fully than I however.
2007-10-11 22:35:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋