RE: Atheist or Agnostic?
April 4, 2015 at 3:14 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2015 at 3:19 pm by datc.)
(April 4, 2015 at 2:54 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Just how would I go about applying Pascal's Wager? Do I believe in ALL gods (even the ones with mutually exclusive doctrines), so I don't offend any of them? Is that what you do, simply out of overabundance of caution? Wouldn't want to piss of Allah and end up in Jahanamm for eternity, would you?
And lets say I decide to believe in your god, simply out of overabundance of caution. Wouldn't your god be able to see through my little "I'll believe just to cover my ass" ploy?
Overabundance of caution seems to suggest that you pick the god who threatens the most punishment for ignoring him and pay proper respects to that god, in whatever they consist.
(April 4, 2015 at 2:56 pm)abaris Wrote: Ah, I see. So you cautiously waste your life away fretting over something that has no evidence whatsoever. The only life you have for all you know.
All men die; this life is a mere finite good. But eternal life is infinite good. If there is even a chance of gaining the latter by taking proper precautions, then these would seem to be justified.
