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Pascal's wager
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RE: Pascal's wager
July 29, 2012 at 7:50 am
(July 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Some problems I have with pascal's wager:

1) No religion accepts fake belief, so you cannot fake belief in a God.
2) There is different religions, so why appease one and not the other?
3) A True God would want you to be honest to yourself, so if you honestly don't believe in God, he would want you to remain honest with that.
4) Hell and God don't go together, if there is God, he is Merciful, if he is Merciful, then there is no hell. Simple as that.

There are a lot of assumptions about the nature of the uber deity here. Specifically re part 4, why should mercy be a requisite divine characteristic? The OT paints god as an epic, jealous tyrant.
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Pascal's wager - by GodlessGirl - July 23, 2012 at 7:32 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Erinome - July 23, 2012 at 7:38 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Faith No More - July 23, 2012 at 8:16 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by GodlessGirl - July 23, 2012 at 8:24 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Ace Otana - July 23, 2012 at 8:25 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Erinome - July 23, 2012 at 8:52 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Creed of Heresy - July 23, 2012 at 10:49 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Rhizomorph13 - July 23, 2012 at 10:55 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Creed of Heresy - July 23, 2012 at 10:59 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Rhizomorph13 - July 23, 2012 at 11:02 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Creed of Heresy - July 23, 2012 at 11:03 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by jonb - July 23, 2012 at 11:13 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Creed of Heresy - July 23, 2012 at 11:19 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Cato - July 23, 2012 at 11:51 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Norfolk And Chance - July 23, 2012 at 12:09 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Angrboda - July 23, 2012 at 12:11 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by LastPoet - July 23, 2012 at 4:33 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Annik - July 23, 2012 at 4:21 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Minimalist - July 23, 2012 at 4:29 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Annik - July 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 23, 2012 at 5:07 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Anomalocaris - July 23, 2012 at 5:50 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 23, 2012 at 5:57 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Anomalocaris - July 23, 2012 at 5:59 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 23, 2012 at 6:02 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Angrboda - July 23, 2012 at 6:08 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 23, 2012 at 6:22 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Anomalocaris - July 23, 2012 at 7:28 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Cato - July 23, 2012 at 9:48 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Raskolnikov - July 29, 2012 at 7:50 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 23, 2012 at 5:03 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Skepsis - July 23, 2012 at 5:05 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by liam - July 23, 2012 at 6:03 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by CliveStaples - July 24, 2012 at 12:19 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 24, 2012 at 12:06 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Rhizomorph13 - July 24, 2012 at 12:33 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by CliveStaples - July 29, 2012 at 12:47 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by jonb - July 29, 2012 at 3:55 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by MysticKnight - July 29, 2012 at 1:27 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by CliveStaples - July 29, 2012 at 8:14 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Darth - July 29, 2012 at 3:51 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Minimalist - July 29, 2012 at 1:30 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by liam - July 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by The Grand Nudger - July 29, 2012 at 10:14 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Epimethean - July 31, 2012 at 7:02 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Rhizomorph13 - July 31, 2012 at 7:14 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 31, 2012 at 6:22 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by CliveStaples - July 31, 2012 at 6:42 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Epimethean - July 31, 2012 at 7:22 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Rhizomorph13 - July 31, 2012 at 7:31 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Epimethean - July 31, 2012 at 7:48 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by jonb - July 31, 2012 at 8:17 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Epimethean - July 31, 2012 at 8:28 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by jonb - July 31, 2012 at 8:53 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Rhizomorph13 - July 31, 2012 at 8:55 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by The Grand Nudger - July 31, 2012 at 9:42 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Simon Moon - August 1, 2012 at 6:47 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth - August 1, 2012 at 6:58 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Simon Moon - August 1, 2012 at 8:12 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth - August 1, 2012 at 9:14 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Simon Moon - August 1, 2012 at 11:26 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by CliveStaples - August 9, 2012 at 7:13 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by Whateverist - August 10, 2012 at 3:04 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Minimalist - August 1, 2012 at 8:32 pm
RE: Pascal's wager - by padraic - August 2, 2012 at 2:10 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by Faith No More - August 2, 2012 at 9:08 am
RE: Pascal's wager - by The Grand Nudger - August 2, 2012 at 9:12 am

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