And if you are wrong , eternity is a long time.

[One Above All]

Artur Axmann, you are absolutely correct. If you are wrong, eternity is a long time.
Tell me, have you heard of our LORD and savior Flying Spaghetti Monster? He's good friends with the Invisible Pink Unicorn, as well as Odin, Ra, Zeus, and a ton of other deities. I suggest you get to know them (by which I mean you worship them), or it will end badly for you.

[Simon Moon]

I'm not someone prone to taking unusual risks ;but for me, deciding to believe and accept theistic teachings, which may have beneficial eternal consequences for the acceptee; or to deny these teachings ,which may only offer some vain ,arbitrary and short lived pleasures ,but could lead to an eternity of pain,and misery, is an easy decision to make.

I'm not a gambler ,but the cost benefit ratio is on the side of the believer
who risks nothing but gives up disease ,alcoholism, crime and early death
and could pssibly gain eternal life in a state of bliss.

If ,you're wrong ,all you gain is some guilty pleasures and lose an eternity.

If I'm right I give up vice and crime and perversions but gain an eternity .
its a no brainer ,except for those with no brains

I just finished reading the RULES ..and this could get me banned.. so here's your big chance to get me dumped. start complaining now ..

Pascal's Wager fails on every level. It was flawed in the 17th century, no less flawed in the 21st.

You are risking just as much as we are.

You are ignoring every other god and all their various hells.

What if the one true god actually created all the various religions as a test for gullibility? And he rewards those of us who are skeptical enough to not accept any of them based on insufficient evidence, and punishes those of you who believe one of them based on faith?

I know if I were a god, I wouldn't want to spend eternity with a bunch of gullible, ass kissing sycophants. I'd want to spend it with skeptical, rational thinkers.

[KUSA]

Can I pick any God to avoid a shitty afterlife?

would you just pick any female to marry ?

I know what you're saying..

Tell me who you picked .

I haven't picked yet but I'd like to find one that isn't a dick.

[Simon Moon]

If ,you're wrong ,all you gain is some guilty pleasures and lose an eternity.

Wait....

I thought we can live a life of 'guilty pleasures', and repent and accept Jesus, and still get into heaven?

If I'm right I give up vice and crime and perversions but gain an eternity .
its a no brainer ,except for those with no brains

Oh, so you're a Muslim, are you.

Good thing. I hear there's a special place in Jahanam (Muslim hell) for Christians.

Wouldn't want to gamble with eternity, right?

By the way. Thanks for showing your bigotry by assuming that we are atheists because we want to live a life of 'guilty pleasures'.

Sorry to break it to you, but countries with the highest % of atheists have the lowest crime rates, poverty rates, infant mortality, best education and health care systems.

[Ksa]

I'm not someone prone to taking unusual risks ;but for me, deciding to believe and accept theistic teachings, which may have beneficial eternal consequences for the acceptee; or to deny these teachings ,which may only offer some vain ,arbitrary and short lived pleasures ,but could lead to an eternity of pain,and misery, is an easy decision to make.

I'm not a gambler ,but the cost benefit ratio is on the side of the believer
who risks nothing but gives up disease ,alcoholism, crime and early death
and could pssibly gain eternal life in a state of bliss.

If ,you're wrong ,all you gain is some guilty pleasures and lose an eternity.

If I'm right I give up vice and crime and perversions but gain an eternity .
its a no brainer ,except for those with no brains

I just finished reading the RULES ..and this could get me banned.. so here's your big chance to get me dumped. start complaining now ..

The brother asks a very important question, he says that, why fall for short term pleasures and risk Hell, when you can have all the pleasures you want for eternity in the ahera, or, the after life, following a life of abstinence.

The answer to that question is because us atheists have not come to the conclusion that God doesn't exist easily. It is a result of a great thinking effort and study that went on for years. It is a spirit of observation that we use to guide ourselves. The more you think about it rationally, the lesser the probability for God to exist gets.

So the guy who gets a long lasting blowjob from his female lover 2 hours after swallowing 30mg Dexedrine XR and a Tums does think about that risk, but believe me, it is well worth it. The probability for God to exist is so low that obeying the scriptures when you could get a blowjob on dexedrine is...purely idiotic, not to mention irrational.

You simply do not give the bird your hands hold for the bird on the fence. What is yours is yours assured, when you die, well, that's a completely different story. Religion simply manipulates fearful people into renouncing to the right nature has given them to experience pleasure. It is abomination.

[Minimalist]

I hope Odin kicks your ass when you show up in Valhalla without your sword.

I have an invincible sword by my side at all times.but thanks for the heads up.

What you have is an absurd fairy tale.

[Rampant.A.I.]

[Cato]

I hope Odin kicks your ass when you show up in Valhalla without your sword.

I have an invincible sword by my side at all times.but thanks for the heads up.

Won't help. Hank will still kick the shit out of you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDp7pkEcJVQ

[Brakeman]

I'm not someone prone to taking unusual risks ;but for me, deciding to believe and accept theistic teachings, which may have beneficial eternal consequences for the acceptee; or to deny these teachings ,which may only offer some vain ,arbitrary and short lived pleasures ,but could lead to an eternity of pain,and misery, is an easy decision to make.

I'm not a gambler ,but the cost benefit ratio is on the side of the believer
who risks nothing but gives up disease ,alcoholism, crime and early death
and could pssibly gain eternal life in a state of bliss.

If ,you're wrong ,all you gain is some guilty pleasures and lose an eternity.

If I'm right I give up vice and crime and perversions but gain an eternity .

Wow what a great idea there! God is such an old senile fuck that he'd never figure out that you just chose his side for the reward and the avoidance of hell.

Like that senile buddy of his Isaac, god would be easily fooled by a little mental fake fur. Yep, that god is a dim wit and he wouldn't recognize your fake belief.

[Chad32]

I've heard there's a verse in the bible that says if you are luke warm in your faith, god with spit you out. So trying to convince people to join just in case christians are right, won't help at all. It's more like a tactic of just getting you to sit in the church and hope that eventually you'll sync in with the group.