Pascal's Wager fails on every level.
Not every god believed to exist by humanity punishes disbelievers. The Hindu gods for example.
Not to mention, that even if a god does exist, it may not be any of the gods described in any of the various religious texts. Just because there is a text written about a particular deity, or there is a large population of people that believe it exists, doesn't offer a shred of evidence that it does exist.
What if the god that does exist, rewards those of us that use the mind 'he' gave us to determine that there is insufficient evidence and reasoned argument to justify belief 'he' exists? And 'he' punishes those gullible enough to believe in one of the various Bronze Age tribal deities (Yahweh, Ahura Mazda, Shiva, Allah, etc)?
Why would a deity value most those that worship him? What a silly attribute for a deity harbor.
Not every god believed to exist by humanity punishes disbelievers. The Hindu gods for example.
Not to mention, that even if a god does exist, it may not be any of the gods described in any of the various religious texts. Just because there is a text written about a particular deity, or there is a large population of people that believe it exists, doesn't offer a shred of evidence that it does exist.
What if the god that does exist, rewards those of us that use the mind 'he' gave us to determine that there is insufficient evidence and reasoned argument to justify belief 'he' exists? And 'he' punishes those gullible enough to believe in one of the various Bronze Age tribal deities (Yahweh, Ahura Mazda, Shiva, Allah, etc)?
Why would a deity value most those that worship him? What a silly attribute for a deity harbor.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
