Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God"

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Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God"

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RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God"

April 16, 2012 at 2:39 pm

sarah888 Wrote:If there is no God I have nothing to lose.

Not true. You waste the one chance you get at a life trying to appease a deity that doesn't exist just to get into the happy part of the afterlife that doesn't exist.

Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell

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Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by darkment0r - April 15, 2012 at 10:34 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Minimalist - April 15, 2012 at 10:52 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Reforged - April 15, 2012 at 10:59 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Minimalist - April 15, 2012 at 11:13 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Reforged - April 15, 2012 at 11:19 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by darkment0r - April 15, 2012 at 11:24 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by genkaus - April 16, 2012 at 1:52 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by DeistPaladin - April 20, 2012 at 10:54 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Voltair - April 16, 2012 at 1:39 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 16, 2012 at 6:06 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by mediamogul - April 16, 2012 at 9:27 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by darkment0r - April 16, 2012 at 10:04 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by mediamogul - April 16, 2012 at 2:16 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 16, 2012 at 10:29 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Faith No More - April 16, 2012 at 10:49 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 16, 2012 at 11:19 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 16, 2012 at 2:24 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Matt231 - April 16, 2012 at 2:42 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Ace Otana - April 16, 2012 at 3:01 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 16, 2012 at 3:38 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by darkment0r - April 17, 2012 at 12:57 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 17, 2012 at 2:47 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Ace Otana - April 16, 2012 at 3:50 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 18, 2012 at 10:42 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 20, 2012 at 9:55 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 20, 2012 at 10:04 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 20, 2012 at 10:19 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 20, 2012 at 10:39 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 20, 2012 at 10:46 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 20, 2012 at 11:08 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 20, 2012 at 10:55 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 20, 2012 at 11:28 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 20, 2012 at 1:00 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by DeistPaladin - April 20, 2012 at 1:47 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 20, 2012 at 2:13 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 20, 2012 at 2:27 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Nine - April 20, 2012 at 2:40 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 20, 2012 at 11:09 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Norfolk And Chance - April 16, 2012 at 6:08 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Reforged - April 16, 2012 at 6:41 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Faith No More - April 16, 2012 at 2:39 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by mediamogul - April 16, 2012 at 5:40 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Adjusted Sanity - April 16, 2012 at 4:23 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Paul the Human - April 16, 2012 at 6:20 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Minimalist - April 16, 2012 at 6:27 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 18, 2012 at 10:56 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by frankiej - April 20, 2012 at 10:22 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Paul the Human - April 20, 2012 at 10:51 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 20, 2012 at 11:11 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 20, 2012 at 11:15 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by frankiej - April 20, 2012 at 11:18 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Nine - April 20, 2012 at 11:27 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by DeistPaladin - April 20, 2012 at 11:44 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by robsenelstun - April 20, 2012 at 11:52 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by LastPoet - April 20, 2012 at 12:03 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by robsenelstun - April 20, 2012 at 2:49 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Faith No More - April 20, 2012 at 1:25 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by sarah888 - April 23, 2012 at 9:42 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by NoMoreFaith - April 23, 2012 at 10:48 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Thor - April 23, 2012 at 12:57 pm

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Ace Otana - April 23, 2012 at 9:59 am

RE: Pascal's Wager and the Selfishness of a "Good God" - by Minimalist - April 23, 2012 at 1:19 pm

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