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Atheists & Agnostics

Warpy

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5. Pascal's Wager and can easily be countered by Epicurus's Riddle

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:12 PM

Apr 2015

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”

Then, of course, there's the bit about wasting your life by living it in terror of a god who never existed, at all.

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What is this called? [View all] Bertha Venation Apr 2015 OP

Pascal's Wager? beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #1

Yes. That is it exactly. Bertha Venation Apr 2015 #2

You veddy welcome! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #3

:mwah: again! Bertha Venation Apr 2015 #4

“But Marge FiveGoodMen Apr 2015 #6

! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #7

Pascal's Wager and can easily be countered by Epicurus's Riddle Warpy Apr 2015 #5

I see you were answered above, so I'll taker this opportunity to give my response: Gore1FL Apr 2015 #8