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The Problem with Pascal's Wager

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The Problem with Pascal's Wager
Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager
May 10, 2018 at 7:11 pm (This post was last modified: May 10, 2018 at 7:11 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 10, 2018 at 7:06 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:  When comparing atheism with any of those, the reasoning still holds.

What reasoning? "Best choose to believe because if there's a God that wants you to believe and you don't then you burn in hell!" doesn't seem reasonable to me. What about all the gods that want you to not believe? It just seems like an irrelevant hypothetical. And since belief is an involuntary action... even if not believing in the Christian God does send oneself to hell, and one is an atheist, and one wants to believe because one does not want to go to hell. Their desire to avoid hell doesn't lead to the conclusion that hell or God exists. Don't you see the problem there?
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The Problem with Pascal's Wager

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The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Rhondazvous - May 10, 2018 at 4:39 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 5:53 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Rhondazvous - May 10, 2018 at 7:17 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 7:21 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Magilla - May 10, 2018 at 10:50 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 6:51 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Tiberius - May 10, 2018 at 6:21 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 6:43 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Rhondazvous - May 10, 2018 at 7:35 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 7:44 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Rhondazvous - May 10, 2018 at 6:28 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Minimalist - May 10, 2018 at 6:11 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Huggy Bear - May 10, 2018 at 9:08 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Jackie - May 10, 2018 at 9:16 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Minimalist - May 10, 2018 at 11:44 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2018 at 6:12 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Minimalist - May 10, 2018 at 6:26 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2018 at 6:51 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by RoadRunner79 - May 10, 2018 at 7:06 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 7:11 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Rhondazvous - May 10, 2018 at 8:06 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2018 at 7:12 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 8:10 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Rhondazvous - May 11, 2018 at 7:18 am
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Edwardo Piet - May 10, 2018 at 9:02 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Jackie - May 10, 2018 at 8:55 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by robvalue - May 10, 2018 at 8:59 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Jackie - May 10, 2018 at 9:06 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by Huggy Bear - May 10, 2018 at 9:20 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by robvalue - May 10, 2018 at 11:04 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by robvalue - May 10, 2018 at 11:10 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by robvalue - May 10, 2018 at 11:55 pm
RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager - by brewer - May 11, 2018 at 7:27 am

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