(April 10, 2015 at 1:52 pm)datc Wrote: Recall that we are dealing with a version of the Pascal's wager. The argument is that practical living as if there was an afterlife even if you are not sure of it makes sense.
No it really doesn't make sense. Assuming you are talking about a christian afterlife. You just fail to take into consideration every other religion, every other god and every other afterlife. What if you are wrong? What if, Norse mythology is the true religion and because you failed to worship Odin or kill any frost giants, you're going to get sent to the opposite of Vallaha, whatever that may be. What if the ancient greeks had it right, and because you failed to give offerings to zeus, you'll spend the rest of eternity having your nuts chewed off by cerberus while Hades is sitting there watching you and jerking off.
You haven't even thought about the possibility that you could be wrong. You haven't spent any time worrying about any other religions hells, and it's for the same reason we don't believe in yours.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
