What If You're Right

Blaise Pascal was (and stil is) a moron! With so many holes in that argument (if it can even be called an argument), I don't know where to start...

Pascal didn't think that hie "wager" can apply not just to all religions, but atheism as well. Pascal's Wager is completely irrational as is religion; which is probably why it is employed to get people to "believe".

What if we're all wrong in dismissing ZEUS!?!?!?!? What if he's waiting to shove a lightning bolt up our collective asses?!?!?!?!

I don't have to WORRY about being wrong because if I did, I'd have to worry once for each different type of god and religion that people came at me with. If I chose one god, I'f then be wrong about all of the others.... what ever would I do?!?!?!?!? Not stress over it. =) See how easy that was?

Christopher Hitchens gives a great nugget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X94YffpUryo

see "Atheism: The Case Against God" by George H Smith, pp182-184. Smith tears Pascal a new asshole or two

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[Largo64]

Nicely done. I wouldn't have thought there was another five minutes on Pascal's wager that would actually be interesting. You proved me wrong!

[THEREIZNOGOD]

lol... i wouldn't think there was another 5 minutes to waste on god, period... centuries after zeus, ashur, poseidon, and others are turned to dust, we're still superstitious

[lucidatheist]

Pascal always loses that wager.

[THEREIZNOGOD]

it's not so much a wager but rather a threat. and pascal fails to scare me

[draagon66]

I have wagered everything on the assertion that there is no god. What are the odds?

[THEREIZNOGOD]

i'll check when i get to vegas. i'm sure someone's gotta be betting on that there

[Arkalius80]

Blaise Pascal wasn't a moron. He was actually a pretty smart dude and contributed a lot to mathematics and science. His eponymous wager arose out of his great contributions to probability theory. If taken in the context of Pascal's religious philosophy and the presuppositions that come with it, the wager is actually rather groundbreaking in some areas. He never considered it proof of god, only an argument for belief. Yes, the wager is a bad argument, but don't condemn Pascal over it.

[CaptainCrews2]

Very well done.

[dewonthegrass]

1:26, "Without direct communication from any god(s), I am left with whatever PEOPLE tell me."

Enough said!

[StevoDog21]

You're exactly right on that: it is a threat, pure and simple, and should be called what it is.

Threats and intimidation to effect control and influence in THIS world are what religion is, and always has been, all about.

Thanks for , once again, telling it like it is.