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Cthulhu's Wager
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RE: Cthulhu's Wager
February 14, 2012 at 3:45 pm
(February 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: The problem with Pascal's Wager is not self-respect, dignity, and wasted time so much as it is the problem of trying to make yourself believe in God in the first place.

Yes, that's one of the conventional arguments I was trying to avoid rehashing. Angel

I don't believe one can earnestly make oneself believe in god absent something that qualifies in one's mind as evidence, and if an omniscient god existed, he would surely know if you were earnest or not.
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Cthulhu's Wager - by Jackalope - February 14, 2012 at 2:45 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by leo-rcc - February 14, 2012 at 2:47 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Jackalope - February 14, 2012 at 3:09 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Welsh cake - February 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by AthiestAtheist - February 15, 2012 at 11:55 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by 5thHorseman - February 14, 2012 at 3:12 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Minimalist - February 14, 2012 at 3:27 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by 5thHorseman - February 14, 2012 at 3:41 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Doubting Thomas - February 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Jackalope - February 14, 2012 at 3:45 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Cosmic Ape - February 14, 2012 at 11:44 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by phurgawtin - February 16, 2012 at 4:01 am
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Zen Badger - February 16, 2012 at 7:29 am
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Minimalist - February 16, 2012 at 6:35 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Welsh cake - February 16, 2012 at 2:18 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Abracadabra - February 16, 2012 at 2:42 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by genkaus - February 16, 2012 at 3:03 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by Abracadabra - February 16, 2012 at 4:10 pm
RE: Cthulhu's Wager - by padraic - February 16, 2012 at 6:23 pm

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