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4thTimeLucky · 06-01-2003, 05:11 AM

Maybe I should clarify:

- Pascal's wager is, IMHO, nonsense. No God would fall for it. I only mentioned it as he was calling upon atheists to rationally choose to be Christian.

- To repeat: not for what awaits me in heaven, but for the peace I would find on earth.

- I do not want to betray my own morality by having a half-hearted or fake belief. Rather I often feel that I would like to truly believe. It is simply that I cannot.

- Let me phrase this another way:
In the Matrix Cypher asked Agent Smith to end his 'honest' life of awareness of the truth and place him into the created world of the Matrix. He would have made one informed decision to be placed into a state of perpetual, pleasant illusion. He would not have been pretending to believe his new Matrix life was real, he would genuinely have believed it.
If I was given a similar decision now - being offered a new life where I genuinely believed in God - then I think I would accept it.

06-01-2003, 05:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
4thTimeLucky Psycho Location: 4th has left the building - goodbye folks	Maybe I should clarify: - Pascal's wager is, IMHO, nonsense. No God would fall for it. I only mentioned it as he was calling upon atheists to rationally choose to be Christian. - To repeat: not for what awaits me in heaven, but for the peace I would find on earth. - I do not want to betray my own morality by having a half-hearted or fake belief. Rather I often feel that I would like to truly believe. It is simply that I cannot. - Let me phrase this another way: In the Matrix Cypher asked Agent Smith to end his 'honest' life of awareness of the truth and place him into the created world of the Matrix. He would have made one informed decision to be placed into a state of perpetual, pleasant illusion. He would not have been pretending to believe his new Matrix life was real, he would genuinely have believed it. If I was given a similar decision now - being offered a new life where I genuinely believed in God - then I think I would accept it. __________________ I've been 4thTimeLucky, you've been great. Goodnight and God bless! Last edited by 4thTimeLucky; 06-01-2003 at 05:22 AM..