Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Pascal's Wager

"If you erroneously believe in God, you lose nothing (assuming that death is the absolute end), whereas if you correctly believe in God, you gain everything (eternal bliss). But if you correctly disbelieve in God, you gain nothing (death ends all), whereas if you erroneously disbelieve in God, you lose everything (eternal damnation)."

Bollocks!

If there is a god, and I came before him as an unbeliever, how could I be condemned for my lack of belief? It is unfathomable, if there were a divine creator, that he would not take into account that these beautiful, sentient humans, with their powerful imagination and sense of wonder, able to reason and think analytically about their own being, would be doubtful of the existence of the supernatural in light of an overwhelming lack of evidence to support such a claim.

I would rather approach a creator as an informed skeptic than someone who's faith serves only to cover their ass. It seems to me that the former would be more deserving of respect for having used their intellect wisely and effectively than the latter who would disregard reason and give into superstition out of fear.

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