RE: Hell and the Play Nice Christian
February 18, 2015 at 12:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2015 at 12:50 pm by Homeless Nutter.)
(February 18, 2015 at 12:39 pm)The Reality Salesman Wrote: Pascals wager does kinda depend on there being only 2 options, huh? In the big scheme of things, our odds wouldn't be all that much different if one religion turned out to be right. For at least the time being, I think I'll just refrain from wagering my sanity, thank you very much!
To a dumb person everything has 50-50 chance. Flipping a coin is 50-50 - either heads or tails. Playing the lottery is 50-50 - you either win, or you don't...
Probabilities are definitely not the average person's strongest suit.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
