tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post3718859723236101600..comments2024-01-15T04:46:58.572-05:00Comments on Atheist Camel: Pascal’s Wager. I’ll take that bet!Dromedary Humphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-44051626536498137742008-10-14T17:13:00.000-04:002008-10-14T17:13:00.000-04:00Pascal's Wager is clearly so flawed, and yet peopl...Pascal's Wager is clearly so flawed, and yet people willingly cite it over and over as reason to believe. The liberal Christian fellowship on my campus struggles with the clear contrast between what the bible says and what we know based on reality, but in the end they always breathe a sigh of relief and grab hold of their religion again when they remember the Wager. It reminds me of Dennett's idea of "belief in belief." Any sensible person can see that religion is bunk, but they want to believe, and Pascal's Wager gives them a good reason to, as long as they don't think about it too hard.OliFlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787203763348175196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-52703224838688302722008-10-09T18:28:00.000-04:002008-10-09T18:28:00.000-04:00Good point, Fast.Indeed, telling me that if I don'...Good point, Fast.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, telling me that if I don't believe in alien abductors that they will treat me worse than if I do believe isn't about to make me start believing in alien abductions. <BR/><BR/>I would imagine that Pascal's argument would be only viable with those who are on the fence, or perhaps to cement believers to their faith.<BR/><BR/>Naturally, in both cases, the targets would have to be weak minded, suseptable to such a faulty premise.<BR/><BR/>HumpDromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-20924091509906753452008-10-09T13:47:00.000-04:002008-10-09T13:47:00.000-04:00Another issue that Pascal Wager fails to address i...Another issue that Pascal Wager fails to address is <I>can you get yourself to <B>'truly'</B> believe in a God(s) based on such a bet? </I>(for those who truly believe, would such a bet be necessary anyways?). <BR/><BR/>I suspose, one can <B>PRETEND</B> to believe, but I've been told by believers (without exception) that <B>PRETENDING</B> doesn't cut it when you're faced with God(s) at judgement time...<BR/><BR/>To drive home this point in another way, as a Christian, would such a wager about Allah being the true God (and Jesus is just a prophet) enable you to BELIEVE that Islam is true? I doubt it, so why do you think such a wager is anymore convincing to an atheist?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>- FastthumbsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com