What is your take on creationism/creationists?

[richardhutnik]

RockSmith372 said:

richardhutnik said:

FaRmLaNd said:

Xbbjf9s said:

I believe in god and I don't force others to believe. In my op faith is sorta like a condom, rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Are you in a round about way making the argument that its better to live life as if God exists, because if it exists then you gain everything whereas if it doesn't then you lose nothing?

Look up Pascal's Wager.

An answer to Pascal's Wager is then to ask whether or not merely believing their is a God or not, has any relevance, even to God.  If it doesn't, then you have NOTHING to gain, and NOTHING to lose either.  Pascal's Wager is predicated upon God awarding eternity to those who believe that God exists.  If the judgment is different, then it is useless.  Using a bit of reason, I believe that God would likely not be this.

Also, in the case of where there are  many different faiths, then what does one wager upon?  I would say maybe the best approach is to do what one can, and then hope God is merciful in the end. 

There is a huge flaw in Pascal's Wager. Even if you pick God, you can still be wrong and punished because there are many religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism, Buddhism, etc. So just saying that if you believe in God, you have nothing to lose is nonsense because you can still be wrong and have eternal punishment.

There are multiple flaws involved with Pascal's Wager, like the ones I stated above, and also the one you mentioned.  If i want to bring the Bible in here, I can also quote scripture to say why it is useless:

James 2:19 "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder."

Only thing worth getting out of Pascal's Wage is the rewards for looking are potentially huge.