RE: Paschal's Wager re-formulated mathematically: why being Christian is Rational.
July 25, 2023 at 4:31 am
(July 24, 2023 at 5:57 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote:(July 24, 2023 at 6:56 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: As I understand it, Pascals wager says you you should believe in god because you might win and cand can't lose (simplified I know) but by the same argument you should also believe in ALL the other thousands of gods people have believed in in the past.
Makes no sense
The wager assumes that you can just turn on a dime and say you believe when you don't. Their god is so fucking stupid it doesn't know if you really believe or just say you do.
No one who doesn't believe can just turn it on, due to a threat. How stupid is this crap ?
What is interesting is that NZ has so little knowledge of and respect for religious faith, and that even proposing this OP he has such little regard for the depth of faith and what it means for people.
True, if you point a gun at my head and tell me I must believe, then yes I will say "I believe" I'll say all the correct magic words and stuff... but I won't really believe. The only way to make me believe is to provide some believable, testable, convincing evidence (theists have been trying and failing to do that for the last 68 years!)
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!