the only reason you shouldnt be an atheist

[tonight.we.dine.in.hell]

if your an atheist, and your wrong
then it means you go to hell
but if your right, then nothing happens
but if your christian and your wrong then nothing happens at all
but if your right then you go to heaven

[truckfixr]

What if you are a Christian, and it turns out that one of the hundreds of other gods is the true God?

So many from which to choose... How can you be certain that you worship the right one?

[AngryFemme]

Originally Posted by tonight.we.dine.in.hell

if your an atheist, and your wrong
then it means you go to hell
but if your right, then nothing happens
but if your christian and your wrong then nothing happens at all
but if your right then you go to heaven

If I'm wrong, then at least I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that I'll spend the rest of eternity in good company, at the mother-of-all-barbeques.

See you there, truckfixr! I'll bring the potato salad.

[truckfixr]

Originally Posted by AngryFemme

If I'm wrong, then at least I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that I'll spend the rest of eternity in good company, at the mother-of-all-barbeques.

See you there, truckfixr! I'll bring the potato salad.

You know, that almost makes me wish that we are wrong.

By the way. I'm curious as to how you came up with your user name. You're one of the least angry people on this website.

[Fascismo]

What if you're a christian and you're religion is wrong and it turns out islam is true? Or one of a thousand other identical belief systems? Guess what, you and the atheists might just be hanging out for a while after death.

[AngryFemme]

Originally Posted by truckfixr

By the way. I'm curious as to how you came up with your user name. You're one of the least angry people on this website.

I pirated it from a beautiful grey thoroughbred racehorse that went off at incredible odds and rallied the field, winning by several lengths and filling my purse full of the green stuff.

I honestly can't remember why I chose it as a screen moniker. I'm sure when I registered here, I didn't realize I'd cop a squat for half a decade.

[Lamabot]

Originally Posted by tonight.we.dine.in.hell

if your an atheist, and your wrong
then it means you go to hell
but if your right, then nothing happens
but if your christian and your wrong then nothing happens at all
but if your right then you go to heaven

This argument is called Pascal's wager. It fails.

You only assume two possibilities - Christianity and atheism. Consider other religions, should you believe in Yahweh and follow the Christian doctrine you might end up in some other hell that another religion describes. So if you are wrong you DO stand to lose a lot. It's late now so I can't be eloquent and make a good point but google "Pascal's Wager"

Edit: Oh yeah another counterargument is that you don't chose to believe. Either you believe or you don't. So if you are an atheist but you are afraid of going to hell (I know, an oxymoron) the only chance you have is to *pretend* to believe in god. Can you make yourself believe in Santa? The only thing you can do is pretend and mask and surely if god exists and is indeed the christian god he'll see through such veil of bullshit

[Monagi]

Yeah, that is Pascal's Wager, and it is a retarded argument. I wrote a paper on it last year. Seems retarded that it gets so much attention in the philosophical/religious world when it is SUCH a flawed argument.

[Surak]

Pascal's Wager is like that annoying, retarded relative that always shows up at your house when you don't want them to. No matter how many times you explain to him that he's a fucking incorrect, he won't leave.

[boozehound420]

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