(November 28, 2008 at 2:36 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: Well, I guess the same question that was asked to Richard Dawkins, "What if you're wrong?" It would be the same as, "Why take a risk?" So, let me rephrase that. "What if the Jewish God does exist?" Wouldn't that be the same as "why take a risk?"Pascal's wager and similar arguments all fail on several levels. They do not consider other heavens / hells / gods (so whilst you win on one occasion, you lose every other time). It also depends on you being able to choose to believe, which many consider to be impossible. I certainly wouldn't be able to force myself to believe in a God simply because a wager says I should. In other words, the only way for the wager to have any affect would be for the God to respect people who say they believe but really don't. That doesn't seem to be the kind of deity I would even want to worship.
As a Christian, I do not threaten people with Hell. Believers or Non-Believers. I'm not the judge of mankind.
I think Pascal's wager makes perfectly good sense."If I'm wrong I win, If your wrong, you will know about it forever, and ever!!"
At the end of it all, there are exactly the same number of repercussions for theists in regards to other gods as there are for atheists.
Quote:Ha! Not to sound rude or ignorant towards you, but how can you blasphemy something, or someone that doesn't exist?Blasphemy is using insulting language about gods. You don't have to believe in gods to do that...
