Would you consider a short prayer...just in case? i.e. Odin, if you exist...(your prayer here).
why is it that non christians get asked pascals wager constantly, but christians won't entertain the thought of that same wager when it pertains to other religions?
christians, can you please answer me that?
2007-10-14 02:12:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
gwhis & paulo - non christians are just as sure of their beliefs as you are of yours. they also have just as much proof that their's are real. there is NO difference
2007-10-14 02:20:22 · update #1
gwhis & paulo - non christians are just as sure of their beliefs as you are of yours. they also have just as much proof that their's are real. there is NO difference
2007-10-14 02:20:33 · update #2
btw, odin was only used as an example. as i SAID, this can apply to any religion or any god!
2007-10-14 03:22:28 · update #3
Hail Odin!
Hail the Gods!
Hehe
Yeah the lack of answers is because there are so few open minded Christains. LOL
Wow gwhiz, way to play into the narrow minded and insulting Christian. My gods very much exist. One could easily say they are more valid then yours considering they were here first.
Hey Mark: You're looking at it. There are a hell of lot of more of us then you think. The Heathen communtiy IS organized (as much as pagans can be LOL) We don't need a building for ve. We have our homes and our land and our people. We don't need four walls.
2007-10-14 02:33:55 · answer #1 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I actually believe Odin may have existed. I even fancy the Norse Gods, only after the Greek and Roman Gods. That said I won't say a prayer to Odin simply because God and I go too far back. I knew God first. Sorry Odin my man, but you know how it goes.
2007-10-14 02:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I dont know about other christians but to decide on what is true in MY personal case, I rely on my spirituality and my own knowledge. I believe there is a god who sparked something for the world to be created. Yes the world has evolved however, even if evoloution happened, something had to initially be caused to start it. There are even some branches of science that believe that.
Now as for the proof of our personal gods(which ever we worship). I've noticed that in several of these religions, that the gods the worship were prophets and emperors, so in that case, they did exist, but they wernt gods.
Now Greek Mythology and the like, while I dont believe in all of those gods, I dont say that you cant. That's my 2 cents and some change.
2007-10-14 02:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by Joel S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That famous part of pascals wager is not meant to say "so you must be a Christian", he says that in another part, but that wager is used to show that the atheist has nothing to gain by being right, but everything to lose for being wrong. Similarly the Christian has everything to gain by being right, and nothing to lose if they are wrong. The atheist, if they are right, will just see blackness. The Christian, if they are wrong, will just see blackness. So there is nothing to gain by being an atheist, once you die you will not see proof that you were right, you can only possibly see proof that you were wrong.
2007-10-14 06:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might, if I hadn't become a comparative theologian and thus become familiar with the histories of the world's religions, including the polytheistic ones. Sorry, but when you're also a trained scientist and you bring that knowledge to bear as well, all other faiths just recede into the mists of ignorance and praying to one of their pantheons is about as helpful as expecting a fat man in a red suit to visit you with goodies Christmas Eve so you don't have to go shopping. Ain't gonna happen!
2007-10-14 02:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are totally within your rights to believe as you do. I can not believe in Odin. I am a Christian. I can not help but believe in Jesus. It is the religion I chose after searching many religions including Wicca, Pantheism and Deism. This is where I find my heart. To pray to Odin would be against my religion, my conscience, and my heart. I don't wish to offend you but I can't do it.
2007-10-14 02:34:13 · answer #6 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we are Christians and we know that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God and He said "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me."
Why would we entertain any other beliefs - none of them start with an empty tomb.
2007-10-14 02:18:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
To honestly choose one religion you must have at least researched the others. Otherwise you didn't really make a choice.
How can you choose a number between 1 and 10 if you can only count to one?
2007-10-14 02:17:15 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can come up with a similar wager for any belief system, but you can't call it Pascal's. He was a real person and it was his wager, named for him.
2007-10-14 02:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by cmw 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Open minded christians are free thinkers. Hardly any christian is like that.
2007-10-14 02:25:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋