(October 10, 2020 at 11:16 pm)runewell Wrote:(October 10, 2020 at 10:14 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Yeah, sure, whatever, assume all of that. Gods are real and a god is going to hurt me because I'm on the wrong side of it's list.
This is a repulsive claim. I'm not interested in hanging out with people who act that way, are you?
Why, then, would I worship a god that acted that way?
It seems even less logical to decide that you would prefer the eternal torment - anyone who would disagree is a moran. The more sensible alternative of course is to deny it all.
Remember the alternative to the torment option (apart from the denial thing) is supposed to be quite nice. No more sickness, no more death, no more night...
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (Psalm 16:11)
Pascal lost that wager three and a half centuries ago. Time to move on.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
