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13841686 No.13841686[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

How do atheists reconcile with Pascals Wager?

>> No.13841692

How do religious people reconcile with the fact that they will die? They believe in a sky daddy.

>> No.13841694

dab on jesus like a bake sale

>> No.13841696

>>13841686
Pascal's wager is the least convincing argument ever written it boils down to "If you give x a chance you'll be convinced eventually".
t.Christian

>> No.13841699

>>13841692
Read Ecclesiastes

>> No.13841705

>>13841699
Read The Ego and it's own. It's like Ecclesiastes except the conclusion it comes to is different.

>> No.13841708

>>13841686
Its quite simple really, Pascal's wager assumes that Christianity is the best choice simply because Pascal thought it was the best religion, because he had those preferences and related values inculcated in him from his upbringing. Once you seriously start to read the metaphysics and philosophy of other religions though the notion that Christianity is ideal becomes utterly laughable

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13841713

>Once you seriously start to read the metaphysics and philosophy of other religions though the notion that Christianity is ideal becomes utterly laughable

>> No.13841717

>>13841705
Please put on a trip so i can filter you.

>> No.13841718

>>13841717
Please put on a trip so i can filter you.

>> No.13841719

>>13841686
They thought really hard and then realized they don't think there's any chance hell exists. They also probably realized that the wager doesn't pertain specifically to a Christian god so in reality it's impossible to say that you're worshipping the right or wrong god.

>> No.13841722

>>13841708
>Once you seriously start to read the metaphysics and philosophy of other religions though the notion that Christianity is ideal becomes utterly laughable
Hmm interesting.
For me it was the opposite.

>> No.13841723

>>13841713
I read the philosophy and metaphysics of other religions before converting to Christianity.

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>>13841722

>> No.13841731

>>13841719
I can prove without a doubt that my god exists and he is the only true god. I do this by gathering people who also believe my god exists and is the only true god and then we kill everyone who doesn't believe. If our god is the true god we will succeed. Therefore Islam is true. QED.

>> No.13841754

>>13841686
>Pascals Wager
Normie filter is people only talking about the wager.

Pascal's Pensees contains so much more than the infamous wager, and would have been a more accurate discussion to bring to a /lit/ thread.