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WessleWoggle on 07 April 2009
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mrs.nordlead said:
highwaystar101 said:
mrs.nordlead said:


if God is not real and does not exist then i have nothing to loses...if however He is real and does exist(and i am talking about Jesus Christ, not just some random god)then unfortunately some of you would have a lot to lose. i heard someone pose this question once..."do you know everything there is to know" no "do you know half of everything there is to know" no "well lets just say that you know half of everything there is to know, is it possible that God exists in the half that you dont know".....just something to think about

 

I believe that what you are refering to in this post is pascals wager, am I right?

If so I've always seen Pascals wager as a wierd arguement. It seems to me that if (theoretically) god* and Heaven was proven it would be foolish to place a bet on a specific god as your chances of backing the right one would be millions to one. Therefore it would be a more wise decision to just live life well, not back a single god and hope your high moral lifestyle would be enough to get into whichever heaven exists.

I dunno though...

* but it is not possible to determine which god

honestly i have never heard of pascals wager so i couldnt say. as for picking one god over another, i guess it would be up to you. i know however from personal experience with my relationship with Jesus Christ, that he is real. if in fact He did/does exist(which there is so much evidence to prove that he did) he was either a lier, lunatic, or He is who he said He is. if he is either of the first two things then it discredits all of His teachings. if however He is who He says He is, then he is in fact the only true God. he does not require a "high moral lifestyle to get into heaven". he requires a personal relationship with him and he extends grace and mercy. you cant get to heaven through good works, only through a relationship with Jesus Christ. weather you chose to accept it or not or believe that Jesus existed or not is a choice you have to make for yourself.

 

 

Pascals wager is basically saying it's better to bet on there being a god than there not being a god, so you don't go to hell. The problem is there's too many gods to pick from.

All gods tell their believers that they're the almighty god, allah tells muslims that he's the true god, satan tells satanists he's the true god, and so on.