(You double posted the same thing, So I removed the latter).
The example of the ferrari says nothing for belief. I could be offered everything I've always want, do currently want, and will forever want. I could be offered not just a ferarri, but all the money in the world and eternal bliss. Such promises do nothing for a change in belief, I need to actually be convinced, that's what beliefs are, And promises do nothing for convincing. This is some kind of Pascal's Wager at best, and that's nothing because Pascal's wager does nothing for changing actual belief. And I don't see how the wager would work, if beforehand you completely disbelief how it would or could?
If it was true, that someone would give me a billion pounds if I believed in God. This would be only an argument for dishonestly feigning belief to get the money, it can't actually have an effect on my belief no matter how much I'd want it to.
EvF
The example of the ferrari says nothing for belief. I could be offered everything I've always want, do currently want, and will forever want. I could be offered not just a ferarri, but all the money in the world and eternal bliss. Such promises do nothing for a change in belief, I need to actually be convinced, that's what beliefs are, And promises do nothing for convincing. This is some kind of Pascal's Wager at best, and that's nothing because Pascal's wager does nothing for changing actual belief. And I don't see how the wager would work, if beforehand you completely disbelief how it would or could?
If it was true, that someone would give me a billion pounds if I believed in God. This would be only an argument for dishonestly feigning belief to get the money, it can't actually have an effect on my belief no matter how much I'd want it to.
EvF
