RE: Paschal's Wager re-formulated mathematically: why being Christian is Rational.
July 25, 2023 at 8:24 am
(July 25, 2023 at 7:14 am)Nishant Xavier Wrote: It cannot be copied from anywhere, Militant Atheist, because a mathematical formulation of Pascal's Wager has never been made before as far as I know. I don't think Expected Value was even fully developed in his time, but it is today. You should worry not about toilets but about going to Heaven and avoiding Hell. As for me, I'll continue to work hard for temporal rewards in this life, and for spiritual rewards in Eternity to come, as everyone who is wise also should.
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." (Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion)
Even a cursory reading of the Bible reveals a God who is, unquestionably, guilty of unprincipled behavior. Are you really going to trust this immoral, sadistic being to grant you eternal bliss? He's more apt to send you to Hell, simply because he wants to see that look of panic and betrayal cross your face.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
