(November 27, 2011 at 3:29 am)Forsaken Wrote: If he does not, no problems. At least, they are leaving no stones unturned!This actually comes up a lot in the theist vs. atheist world. The fact of the matter is, that is ridiculous, because it is equally likely that God will punish people for believing in him. That is the simplest refutation to Pascal's Wager. It doesn't make any sense, but it makes just as much sense as Pascal's Wager, so therefore it doesn't make sense either.
"Sisters, you know only the north; I have traveled in the south lands. There are churches there, believe me, that cut their children too, as the people of Bolvangar did--not in the same way, but just as horribly. They cut their sexual organs, yes, both boys and girls; they cut them with knives so that they shan't feel. That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the Church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to."
-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife
-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife
