(October 1, 2013 at 8:18 am)SavedByGraceThruFaith Wrote: If an atheist posits that there in some God to defeat Pascal's wager, the atheist has just contradicted them self. So that argument does not defeat Pascal's wager.
A god doesn't have to be posited to defeat the worthless wager. One merely has to point out that the wager works equally well for all gods that see fit to torture someone for disbelief in the afterlife.
Pascal's wager may seem convincing to the believer, but to the non-believer it is just another cringe-worthy failure. If you want us to consider a god's existent, present the evidence for it, not some poorly conceived nonsense that relies on emotional blackmail and fear-mongering.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
