(August 14, 2012 at 5:29 pm)spockrates Wrote:
Let's see:
More sleep, more money, more time not wasted, more food choices, more guilt-free good times. Curious about one of those: How can I know the deity does not exist? I mean, if I'm not pretty sure God is not, I might be taking a big risk:
- God exists, I don't give a hoot about God - I lose after I die
- God exists, I do give a hoot about God - I win after I die
- God does not exist, I don't give a hoot about God - I break even after I die
- God does not exist, I give a hoot about God - I break even after I die
Seems to me that if I play the odds, the best I can hope for if God does not exist and I don't care is to break even (for I won't exist, either). If God does exists and I don't care, the best I can hope for is to lose (for I might end up in hell). Unless, of course Catholics are correct, then I might break even in Purgatory.
Thanks everyone. Don't have time to reply to everyone else right now (promised to spend time playing the XBox with my son). I'll reply later.
Over 300 posts and our reward is yet another iteration of Pascal's Wager?
Carry on, I'm sure if the God of Christianity who is known for his acceptance of the wishy-washy is real, he'll be glad to take the people who believe in him 'just-in-case' into his holy bosom.
