(May 15, 2013 at 4:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I have a c. for your number 8 ( the Pascal's Wager thingy ). Do they really think their god is so fucking stupid that he could not see right through someone who embraces religion just in case it turns out to be the right one?
Is it a god they worship....or a politician?
Good question. In the article that gets brought up " (And anyway, do you really think that God would be taken in by this con game? Do you really think that what God wants from his followers is an insincere, self-serving, "wink wink, I'm covering my bases" version of "belief"?)" Which, of course, he would not. He'd know you were full of it, and hey, maybe he even reserves a special place in Hell for your Pascal's Wager types.
But I guess that some believers don't credit their creator with such smarts. I've been asked that question. I can't help it - my response is to laugh and ask "You're kidding, right?" and every single time they were not. Go figure
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
