RE: Pascal's Wager (the new version)
March 4, 2013 at 5:12 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2013 at 5:22 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(March 2, 2013 at 1:54 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: If there is no God
When you die, you don't exist period
Not anymore, but I DID exist.
(March 2, 2013 at 1:54 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: So what you did and how was your life, doesn't make any value
as you don't remember or feel about it!
The world doesn't revolve around me remembering and feeling things. Other people can do that after I'm gone. When they're gone, the consequences of my actions and inactions will still affect what happens in the future for many generations. And when the universe is a thin soup of photons, nothing I did will matter, but you know what REALLY doesn't matter to me? Not being remembered by anybody in a trillion years. I couldn't possibly care less.
Are books and movies valueless because you can't experience them forever? Does a nice meal have no value because in a year you'll probably have forgotten all about it? Part of the value of a thing is its rarity. Things we have plenty of are not as valued as things we don't have enough of. The one thing that could make my life valueless and pointless would be for it to never end, just a story that goes on and on forever, never reaching a climax or resolution. Who treats life as if it's more precious: someone who thinks they've got plenty left or someone who finds out they've got much less left than they thought?
(March 2, 2013 at 2:37 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: As many humans believe in God, his probability (for another human) should be >0
The probability of something isn't affected by the number of people who believe it. Are you sure it does? Bear in mind that there are more Christians than Muslims.
(March 2, 2013 at 2:37 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: How come?
If your life (for you) worth 10 Million Dollars (Usually people value their lives with money, happiness, etc.)
Then 1 year of live will worth 10/Age
and as your remaining time is reducing by time, so is the value of your life
Let me give you an example
You have cancer and Doctors are saying that you are going to die in few days, a Priest came to you and said: just say I believe in JESUS, you will go to Paradise!
Even though that I know for sure that Christianity is false, what will you do?
Try to get as much accomplishment and happiness as I can in, in the time remaining to me. How much do you suppose one more year would be worth to me?
