RE: Intelligence is a Curse
September 13, 2011 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2011 at 1:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager
You actually haven't given this much thought. You'd need to apply that wager to every faith in order to hedge your bets. You cannot do this, due to the many contradictory teachings of those faiths. Most are also mutually exclusive.
Do you pray to Allah 5 times a day? Might want to hedge your bets.
(list continues ad infinitum)
Also, as long as you're clinging to genesis as an accurate account of material creation (and especially a young earth), there is no chance that you're correct.
You actually haven't given this much thought. You'd need to apply that wager to every faith in order to hedge your bets. You cannot do this, due to the many contradictory teachings of those faiths. Most are also mutually exclusive.
Do you pray to Allah 5 times a day? Might want to hedge your bets.
(list continues ad infinitum)
Also, as long as you're clinging to genesis as an accurate account of material creation (and especially a young earth), there is no chance that you're correct.
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