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Binkie The Clown

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19. Taken as a probabilistic wager...

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Reply #10)

Sat Aug 8, 2015, 06:59 PM

Aug 2015

Which of the 10,000 or more gods are we supposed to believe in? It's not a binary choice to believe or not to believe. It's a choice of which gods to NOT believe in. The odds are only in your favor if you choose to believe in either all of them, which most belief systems forbid, or to believe in none of them.

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Where is the best place to have a potentially offensive religious discussion? [View all] Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 OP

The religion forum is the right place. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #1

thanks Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #2

Yeah but I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a rational and mature discussion. mr blur Aug 2015 #18

If you want an honest discussion, I think you'd be better off posting here. deucemagnet Aug 2015 #3

I'm wondering if someone familiar with orthodox Mormon and Scientologist beliefs can tell me (or Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #4

It's an interesting question, deucemagnet Aug 2015 #5

Sorry for editing (expanding) my post simultaneous with your reply. You think there are no Mormons Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #6

I think there might be a Mormon who posts occasionally, deucemagnet Aug 2015 #8

Yeah, we think all religions suck Warpy Aug 2015 #15

Here's something vanamonde Aug 2015 #7

That's an interesting article. I've heard an atheist say Scientology is a cult but Mormonism is a Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #12

They're ALL cults, some are older and have more members.... truebrit71 Aug 2015 #14

A religion is a cult that has survived its sociopathic founder Warpy Aug 2015 #16

"reason" and "rationality" do not go over well in the religion forum. Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #9

One person's rationality is another person's superstition (Pascal's wager is a "rational" argument Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #10

Pascal's wager makes assumptions... uriel1972 Aug 2015 #11

Pascal lived in a Catholic society so his assumptions would reflect that, but the general argument Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #13

He also neglects the fact that a life lived in the shadow of some omnipotent god Warpy Aug 2015 #17

Taken as a probabilistic wager... Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #19

I'm not really seeking to give a dissertation defense of Pascal (a philosopher I disagree with), Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #21

I agree that not all believers are irrational. Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #22

Truck Town restaraunt near my house. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #20

I had a very long thread a few years ago edhopper Aug 2015 #23

Thanks! Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #24

If you decide to read through it edhopper Aug 2015 #28

SoB's vs the Mormons onager Aug 2015 #25

Wow! I did not know that. Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #26

I think all forms of Christianity are irrational. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2015 #27