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Old 04-14-2004, 07:35 PM   #11
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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but here is the kicker - the believer risks nothing if he is wrong. if you believe there is an afterlife and then find nothing - what have you lost?

if you are an unbeliever - eternity is at risk. believing that there is no heaven or hell and then be proven wrong??? ouch.

i guess that is why it is called faith. you've got to believe it to see it.
Pascal's wager is worthless. There are a million religions. If you believe one of them, then you rule out most of the rest. A nonbeliever is risking the wrath of only one more god than the believer.
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