RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 15, 2021 at 9:47 am
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2021 at 9:47 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(August 13, 2021 at 9:47 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:(August 13, 2021 at 9:23 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Not to mention the number of absurd threats is potentially infinite and I couldn't worry about all of them if I tried.
Have you ever heard about Pascal's Mugging? It's a thought experiment that shows the faulty thinking involved in Pascal's Wager-ish type stuff. For me, it was the final nail in the coffin for Pascal's Wager.
Pascal’s Mugging always puts me in mind of an old joke about Queen Victoria. One of her courtiers asked if she would sell herself to a man for £1 000 000. After some hemming and hawing, HRM admits, ‘Well, possibly. Dependent, of course, on the circumstances and in a good cause.’
‘Very well. Would you sell yourself to a man for £2?’
‘Certainly not! Do you think We are a common slattern?’
‘We’ve already determined that, Majesty. Now, we are simply determining your market price’
Boru