Who is Pascals?
Look my friend, if you don't want to believe, no one is forcing you.
Just remember that when you get thrown into the lake of fire.
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Pascal's Wager?
I heard that one, then I thought about it, then I heard about the agnostic's wager, and I gotta say, it's a lot better.
The agnostic's wager covers all possible benevolent gods, with Pascal's you can only pick one.
Plus I wouldn't want to serve a God who couldn't understand agnosticism anyway.
"No one is forcing you to accept the obvious truth that is the only way to save you from the burning torment of abandoning Jesus's love"
These people have themselves so effectively brainwashed, I seriously cannot believe that they aren't jumping off of cliffs in hopes of letting Jesus carry them up to Heaven.
Argument from adverse consequences. Here's a logically equivalent argument:
"Look, my friend, you don't *have* to give me your wallet. If you want a bullet through your head, that's your choice. Nobody is forcing you to do anything."
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Actually this 'lake of fire' might not even exist. I, on the other hand can be proven to exist and unless you renounce your faith immediately I will break both of your legs with a sledgehammer and light you on fire then I'll go and have my way with your entire family before shooting them all in the head. Now you're weighing possible torture there is no real proof of against real torture you will experience almost immediately. I think it's more sensible to renounce your faith right now.
(by the way, please don't go to the police. I'm not forcing you to do anything. I'm merely presenting you with a choice. Do as I say or be tortured)
*All threats made to illustrate a point.
So, you don't even know your own religion but you are sure that somebody is going to Hell which, according to the Bible, only God knows. For not believing?, like 2/3 of the world. What's your point then?
Pascals Wager also only offers two choices. One is Satans' Hell The other is Gods' (Christian) Heaven.
Nobodies established the choices. Nothing (You're over. You live only in live peoples minds)is most likely.
I'll admit it could be ...ohhh ..Anything else.
Pascals Wager answers nothing
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