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And if you are wrong , eternity is a long time.
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RE: And if you are wrong , eternity is a long time.
(May 29, 2014 at 6:11 pm)Artur Axmann Wrote: but what are you risking?

An eternity is a long time.

You're making what I call 'the argument from big consequences'. I don't know if it's a formal fallacy, but maybe it should be.

1. If you donate 10 dollars to this site, it will be easier for Tiberius to keep it going.

2. If you donate 10 dollars to this site, you will come into a million dollars within one week.

Do you find '2.' more persuasive? No? What if it was ten million? Can you really take the chance of not getting 10 million dollars when all it costs you is a moment of your time and 10 bucks? What if I say 10 billion dollars, are you more likely to donate then?

(May 29, 2014 at 6:39 pm)Artur Axmann Wrote:
(May 29, 2014 at 6:36 pm)KUSA Wrote: Can I pick any God to avoid a shitty afterlife?

would you just pick any female to marry ?

I know what you're saying..

Tell me who you picked .

Clearly, if you buy into this calculus in the first place, one picks the deity that offers the direst consequences for not believing in it, the biggest reward for believing in it, and is most likely to be satisfied with lip service. The God of Islam is clearly the version of God anyone who thinks Pascal's Wager carries wait should choose. Horrible hell, heaven as good as anyone's, and even bad Muslims get into heaven eventually.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: And if you are wrong , eternity is a long time. - by Mister Agenda - May 30, 2014 at 5:33 pm

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