(April 4, 2015 at 5:12 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(April 4, 2015 at 4:52 pm)datc Wrote: Oy, you impudent children. Go on, you scamps, cavort and caper.
In seriousness, the quote comes to mind, "When you understand why you don't believe in Odin, you'll understand why I don't believe in God."
That is the failing of Pascal's Wager. One must assume the deity in question is the correct one. It is a very slender reed for your plea.
Agree that PW fails on that point alone.
I am partial to a meta-god argument which never seems to be considered let alone addressed by the theists.
If we have a God over us, why doesn't God have a God over Him?
Because God says so?
Why are they so sure He isn't lying?
BTW, the first meta-god's name is Larry.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
