08-30-2006, 08:55 PM
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For anyone who doesn't believe in a higher deity, I present you: Pascal's Wager..
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God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separated us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up...Which will you choose then? Let us see. Since you must choose, let us see which interests you least. You have two things to lose, the true and the good; and two things to stake, your reason and your will, your knowledge and your happiness; and your nature has two things to shun, error and misery. Your reason is no more shocked in choosing one rather than the other, since you must of necessity choose. This is one point settled. But your happiness? Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.
- You may believe in God, and if God exists, you go to heaven: your gain is infinite.
- You may believe in God, and if God doesn't exist, your loss is finite and therefore negligible.
- You may not believe in God, and if God doesn't exist, your gain is finite and therefore negligible.
- You may not believe in God, and if God exists, you will go to hell: your loss is infinite.
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So since you have to choose one or the other... which one will you choose? If there is no god, sure.. you just lose your time... but if there is a god and you dont believe in him, then you go to hell and that's not a very good gamble..
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