(September 14, 2013 at 1:18 am)Godschild Wrote:(September 13, 2013 at 9:18 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Pascal's Wager is not a good reason to believe anyway, because it automatically assumes that the religion the person proposing it is the one true religion, and believing "just in case" is not true devotion to a religion. I could pretend to go through all the rituals involved in the Christian religion, but my heart wouldn't be into it because in the back of my mind I'd still be believing that it's all a bunch of hocus pocus.
I agree, God in this case the God of Christianity is not selling an insurance policy, Christianity doesn't work that way. Salvation is through grace by faith, this is a gift of real belief, so banking on an insurance policy will only get you a disappointing result, in this life and the next.
GC
Funny that - because when Christians attempt to sell their religion to me its often on the basis of an insurance policy. Actually its wording is often so similar to the Pascal Wager it is uncanny.
Believe in Jesus - go to heaven, reject Jesus and hell awaits, so believing is the sensible thing to do.
