Even within the context that Pascal intended it is fallacious. If you worship
the God of Abraham and there is no god, you have given up freedom of thought,
you have given up responsibility for your own morals and ethics, you have denied
yourself some pleasures of the mind as well as pleasures of the flesh.
It's a bad bargain.
Brent Meeker
“The Christian religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in
veneration- courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of
the truth.”
--- H. L. Mencken
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> That's right: if you believe in the Christian God and are wrong, the
> real God (who may be worshipped by an obscure group numbering a few
> dozen people, or by aliens, or by nobody at all) may be angry and may
> punish you. An analogous situation arises when creationists demand that
> the Biblical version of events be taught alongside evolutionary theory
> in schools: if we are to be fair, the creation myths of every religious
> sect should be taught.
>
> Stathis Papaioannou
>
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:36:46AM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
>> >
>> > [Incidently, can you see the logical flaw in Pascal's Wager as
>> described
>> > above?]
>> >
>>
>> I always wondered why it should be the Christian account of God and
>> Heaven that was relevant.
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