RE: Pascal's wager
July 23, 2012 at 8:25 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2012 at 8:40 am by Ace Otana.)
(July 23, 2012 at 7:32 am)GodlessGirl Wrote: I am an atheist and I am very confident all religions are false. However Pascal's wager kind of gets to me because the idea of hell is so horrifying. If I did choose to worship God, yes most likely I would be wasting my time but I could be avoiding an ETERNITY in hell. Since we are talking about ETERNITY doesn't that side win?
It's all based on what ifs.
I'll bite.
So which god should we pray to? There's over 5 thousand gods and goddesses you know. Perhaps you worship the wrong god and end up in hell for it? Perhaps you get to go to heaven even if you're an atheist. Perhaps only Muslims go to heaven.
It's all based on what ifs. Pascal's wager doesn't actually work.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
