(March 22, 2012 at 4:18 pm)Rayaan Wrote:(March 22, 2012 at 1:06 pm)Darwinian Wrote: Would you give up a guaranteed place in heaven to save the souls of a 1000 atheists?
No.
Edit: I would only answer yes if doing so doesn't guarantee myself a place in heaven nor hell (i.e. no afterlife), OR if it guarantees that I go to heaven, but not if I go to hell.
Good point. Theists are willing to sacrifice hugely in this life but only for the sake of getting into heaven. Hell they might even take out a bunch of people to get into heaven. Abraham would give up a son to buy his ticket. But why should they give up their place in heaven to get in a bunch of us who really wouldn't want to go to there even if it existed? It wouldn't be for our sake, we don't care. It wouldn't please God if we're not willing to join the chorus singing His praises. And it sure wouldn't please the Christian to think about what he gave up as he is tortured in Hell for the rest of eternity. A proper analysis of the problem yields the decision: screw us, keep your own ticket.
