Pascal's Wager

For those of you unfamiliar with "Pascal's wager", It's simple theist logic. And you can't prove it wrong.

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[DocReasonable]

Pascal's wager is fallacious. It assumes there is either ONE particular version of god or NO god at all; a blatantly false dichotomy. Even within Christianity alone, there are dozens of diverse variants of god and how he should be worshipped -- or not.

AND it assumes that this one particular God will be fooled if you simply believe out of fear based on that false dichotomy.

[Katalyzt]

@DocReasonable

Exactly ...

[Trogdor00]

Good video, but just for the record Buddhism is NOT a religion; it's a philosophy. You can keep whatever God(s) you wish and still be a practitioner.

[grahamlive]

Haha. Good vid. Btw, that plane must've been flying at one hell of an altitude. :)

[cre599]

Im at a point where it's really difficult 4 me 2 tolerate Christians bringing up Pascal's Wager. Not only because of what this video exposes but also because of the BLACKMAIL element in the argument. I never leave out the moral problem 4 someone that admires/worships/loves a friend (imaginary or real) that he/she thinks will condemn family, friends & most other ppl 2 eternal torment 4 the sin of existing & not believing in X or Y theological shit. If you worship that, you are a shit of a person.

[Sharagran]

@Monkian1234 Doctrine? I believe you are confusing atheism with nihilism, good sir.

And perhaps the following went over your head, but when this the only life we have, I'd say spending your limited time on stupid bullshit classifies as "wasting time".

[emailtheoldies]

cthulhu you so crazy!

[Monkian1234]

@SmokexFFx To clarify further....it's not like after you die you will have regrets or anything...because you won't exist.

[Monkian1234]

@SmokexFFx this is the best thing about atheists by far---the notion that you can "waste time." If existence itself is meaningless (which it is if nothing comes afterward, because you and everything you have done will eventually be forgotten) and random then what exactly are you wasting???

I am not a fan of religion...I think pascal's wager is BS...but come on atheists-"wasting time" or "wasting your life"...this isn't even consistent with your own doctrine. ><

[DonMezzo]

@ShawMaverick you don't need to believe in god to live life as a good person.

[SmokexFFx]

Chance that there is an after life = x

Number of human beliefs = y

Amount of life wasted deciding what to believe = a

Amount of life wasted fulfilling religious laws/tasks = b

Is x/y > or < a+b for you?