| mesoteto said:
the best response and only thing i have very ltaken from my alcoholic father is this little pearl
"i know its dosnt hurt me to believe in god and try to do right by him, in fact its been proven healthy to have faith in something, and if i am wrong i havnt really been out anything. But if the tables turn and you are wrong...well them you will be out alot now wont you?" |
Ah, Pascal's Wager.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager
It assumes that you choose the right G-d, and it assumes that somehow an omnipotent G-d couldn't see through your wager scheme and tell that you were uncertain but just going through the motions out of fear of a potential hell.
Pascal's Wager would have to simultaneously work for all invisible things that can punish you for not believing. There are potentially infinite vengeful G-ds I don't believe in.
