RE: Atheists and Agnostics risk infinite loss for no gain
October 1, 2013 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2013 at 1:29 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 1, 2013 at 8:11 am)SavedByGraceThruFaith Wrote: I certainly agree with you on that.
But it does make sense to investigate if God exists.
How much time do you spend investigating the existence of the 1000's of gods you don't believe in?
How much time do you spend worrying about the other god's hells? How much threat do you feel from the Hindu hell (Naraka) or the Islam hell (Jahanim)?
Quote:That is the point of my use of Pascal's wager.
There is no point to PW. It is fallacious on every level.
Quote:I will state an argument for the God of the Holy Bible.
I'll bet it is totally new and unique and none of us have ever heard it before. I'm sure we will all be 'wowed' by the logical validity and soundness of it.
Quote:Some atheists and agnostics do believe for real in Jesus Christ.
Most atheists believe there was a probably a historical Yeshua that the Biblical character is based partially on.
The 'Christ' part is a supernatural claim that is unsupported by evidence or reasoned argument.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
