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Pascal's Wager
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RE: Pascal's Wager
I always thought Pascal's Wager a very selfish arguement to be put forward by theists. "You should believe x because the reward is better than not believing in x". Why selfish? Because those who use this arguement seem happy to feign belief, and essentially 'use' Jesus and God for their own benefit.
How could somebody call themselves christian when they're only doing something, not out of the goodness of their heart, but so they can get to heaven.
Atheism as a Religion
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Pascal's Wager - by Ace Otana - September 1, 2008 at 8:43 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Eilonnwy - September 1, 2008 at 12:13 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Tiberius - September 1, 2008 at 6:56 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Jason Jarred - September 1, 2008 at 7:18 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 1, 2008 at 8:45 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Jason Jarred - September 1, 2008 at 9:26 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 1, 2008 at 9:39 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Jason Jarred - September 1, 2008 at 9:55 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 2, 2008 at 8:46 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Ace Otana - September 2, 2008 at 9:08 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Ace Otana - September 2, 2008 at 5:21 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 3, 2008 at 7:39 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Ace Otana - September 4, 2008 at 6:34 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Brick-top - September 2, 2008 at 1:16 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Eilonnwy - September 2, 2008 at 1:47 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by WOKE UP - September 3, 2008 at 10:46 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Tiberius - September 4, 2008 at 12:32 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 6, 2008 at 9:10 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Jason Jarred - September 7, 2008 at 9:54 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Meatball - September 7, 2008 at 10:38 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Brick-top - September 8, 2008 at 6:40 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Darwinian - September 7, 2008 at 4:51 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Tiberius - September 7, 2008 at 1:22 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Eilonnwy - September 9, 2008 at 8:39 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 10, 2008 at 8:54 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by allan175 - September 11, 2008 at 4:38 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Tiberius - September 9, 2008 at 3:23 am
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Eilonnwy - September 11, 2008 at 2:32 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Pete - September 11, 2008 at 7:51 pm
RE: Pascal's Wager - by Tiberius - September 12, 2008 at 5:06 am

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