Pascals Wager is Fundamentally Flawed
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Originally Posted by stik
Check out Aristotle's Laws of the First Principles.
And C.S. Lewis' book Miracles. It will all make sense. Its the age old question of eastern thought versus western logic. Personally I take the
logical road. But we will all find out in the end. Pascal's wager.
Basic Matrix as follows:
God exists God does not exist
Wager for God Gain all Status quo
Wager against God Misery Status quo
But: How can you wager for god and still adhere to the faith aspects of the religion (ex. Christianity's claim for the divinity of Jesus, the Trininty, early Pauline Creeds, etc..): How can you "have faith" when you have really just chosen a safe route. I'm assuming that faith is unbridled and personal but logical rational faith isn't faith at all. One could rigourously adhere to a particular god-based religion whilst still recognizing his participation as solely a wager on the existence of god. This presupposes that there is no genuine faith or adherence in the personal sense and would argue that the benefits gifted to believers (assuming god does exist) might be restricted to those actual believers rather than a guy who goes through the motions like paying an insurance bill.