RE: Deus Vult
November 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 1, 2008 at 1:18 pm)Daystar Wrote: [...]if they are wrong let them dream of fairy tales without harm. BUT if you are wrong think of even one person you might influence in your own ignorance to miss everlasting life in paradise Earth just because YOU don't believe in it. That would be a far greater tragedy.Classic Pascal's Wager argument here.
There is no more evidence for one God or another. Whether it is one man has conceived of, or not.
Furthermore because there is no evidence for God's existence, there's no evidence that he or she or it, or whatever God is, wants people to believe in him.
So he is just as likely to send Atheists to heaven and send Christians to hell, as the other way round.
And also, if you are an atheist you get the bonus that you are almost certainly right about the fact there is no God, so you don't believe in the nonsense of God's existence. And this also means you don't waste your life praying or trying to get into Heaven or trying to avoid hell. You don't waste your time standing in line for an afterlife that doesn't exist.
And so therefore and finally, to top it all, if you are an Atheist you are more likely to live your life to the full, for you understand that it is the only life there is, there is no afterlife.
