RE: Pascal's Wager Revisited
April 9, 2015 at 9:03 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2015 at 9:07 pm by datc.)
(April 7, 2015 at 5:05 pm)abaris Wrote: You know what really pisses me off about these theist arguments? This, oh human magnificent, human great, human crown of creation standard. It's time to climb from the homocentric high horse and look at the world surrounding us with open eyes.
"Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man. … Cunning beyond fancy's dream is the fertile skill which brings him, now to evil, now to good." -- Antigone
You want to look at the world from the point of view other than that of a human being? Do tell me how to turn into a frog, so I may personally experience what "being a frog feels like."
(April 9, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Iroscato Wrote:(April 9, 2015 at 8:54 pm)datc Wrote: Disbelief is punished naturally on this argument to the extent that an atheist will fail to make himself into the sort of person for whom eternal life will be a welcome and pleasant development.
You're damn right. ... If I am wrong and you are right, I would rather the first option than be bored out of my mind after 8 trillion years in heaven.
Thank you. However, the mysteries and wonders of God and fellow men, and of both heaven (symbolizing the speculative life) and paradise (active life), are infinite, and one will never be bored; my very point is that eternal life will always be worth living.