(August 10, 2013 at 8:00 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: umm..(this post is in response to the riddles post. My phone is locking up, and it's way too late)
/I'm not talking about an afterlife, which is what I presume you mean by Pascal's wager.
Christianity is embracing positivity. God is good etc. In it you are acknowledging that doing good stuff is beneficial. Rejecting God is embracing bad stuff. (You might have to grant the goodness idea if you're of the opinion of the God concept being evil).
The after life is important in this consideration, because God nor this reality could be seen to be 'good' with injustices we observe. The afterlife allows God the ability to enact justice: therefore we can be justified in believing in positivity given a now just reality.
And how does this prove Christianity? I don't see how this is proof. You're just saying that Christianity allows you to see existence in a different light. But why should we adopt Christianity in the first place?
I assume you believe Christianity is true and other religions are false. Correct? Why do you believe that? Is just because Christianity is a nicer thought to you? You want to believe it? Is that all the reason you have?
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
