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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:50 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:16 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:47 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:15 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:59 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:16 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:18 pm
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Khalida Nyoka Beyond all of that though, I shall say this. It is impossible to know if God exists, who created whom, and for what real purpose. However, it was determined to be set out like this: Four options. 1: God exists, and you believe; it's all good 2: God doesn't exist, and you believe; only so much harm was really done anyway 3: God Doesn't exist, and you don't believe; good, you didn't waste time or energy. 4: God exists, and you don't believe; you are in so much trouble... So the best choice in the situation is to find a belief, and stick with it. Also, it should be known that perfect, complete, and good are not synonomous. We are incapable of understanding the long-term in the way that God would see it. We only know a blip in the timeline, and the spites and joys that we receive therein. Just bear in mind that no matter what a perfect entity does, it will not necessarily be "good" as we define it, but it will be the right and proper thing to be done.
I'm sick and tired of hearing Pascal's Wager all the time. First of all, you're not even utilizing it properly. Blaise Pascal (who created the "wager" you just listed) created that outline in the name of the Catholic God-- not just whatever nilly-willy thing you want to believe in.
But it fails miserably on multiple grounds. What if I believe in the wrong god? What if I believe in a different god than the one that really exists? What if I accept the Catholic God, but Osiris is real and punishes me for accepting a false god when I die? It seems I have a lot to lose if I don't "pick" right.
Not only that, but if it's true that it's impossible to know if God exists, then it's also impossible to know anything about God, right? Well, what if God rewards skepticism and punishes blind belief? The Wager you've outlined is pretty cowardly-- "I don't want to be punished so I'll just pretend I believe!" Do you really think God would appreciate that sort of double crossing, fingers-crossed-behind-the-back sort of dirty, dishonest behavior? Or would he prefer you to be honest with yourself, even if it means not believing in him, or any gods at all?
I don't believe in any gods and stupid threats like Pascal's Wager will never convince me to.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:22 am
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General Overall Deception
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:18 am
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:40 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:33 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:27 am
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God is a word that has many meanings, some call him by god, lord, Jesus, savoir, and those are mainly just christian words. Now, the perfect god is impossible, yet the impossible is always possible, therefore, even the perfect god is not perfect. "For perfection leaves a road for imperfection too, whatever may be perfect, seems only true to you." I could dig in deeper but, I think that might take a while, and I don't want to take so much space. "For every human being is entitled to thier own opinion which may later change there life, If you change an opinion, you have not just changed the opinion, but the very life of the person and maybe the world around them."
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:18 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:50 pm
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