Interesting but you still have not addressed the issue. Pascal's wager only has a relevance if you know which God to chose.
William: If basic insticts prove usually correct... And people and cultures seem to have a religious predisposition... How can one really dismiss religion as a mere dilusion???
No religion is a faith but the problem is that instinct cannot help determine which faith to chose in Pascal's wager. Therefor the wager is not very useful after all.
William: It is here that we must employ something else than natural philosophy. It
is here that socratic philosophy allows us to weigh the evidence which is
contained within different religious texts. And it is here that the Bible wins hands down... :)
Many agree and more disagree so instinct and evidence are not sufficient either. Tough, isn't it...
Best Wishes,
William - N6RKY
Pim van Meurs wrote:
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> The problem with Pascal's wager is: Which God should one worship? After all how can YOU be certain that the God you are worshipping is not
deceiving you to ete
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>
> If you plan to exercise only "natural philosophy", then you have answered
> your own questions already. But... I would suggest you consider something
> to think about: Pascal's Wager.
>
> Are you willing to risk such an eternal consequence on natural philosophy
> and it's limits within the space-time-continuum?
>
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Pim van Meurs wrote:
>
> The problem with Pascal's wager is: Which God should one worship? After all how can YOU be certain that the God you are worshipping is not
deceiving you to ete
> --------------------
>
> If you plan to exercise only "natural philosophy", then you have answered
> your own questions already. But... I would suggest you consider something
> to think about: Pascal's Wager.
>
> Are you willing to risk such an eternal consequence on natural philosophy
> and it's limits within the space-time-continuum?
>
> -----------------
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