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Originally Posted by Sedecrem
Lasereth
You are talking of Pascal’s wager. He thought the same things that you do however there are some things inherently wrong with his argument.
God allegedly rewards belief however he rewards true belief and not ‘I’m just pretending to believe in you because I want to get into heaven’, wouldn’t go down too well. You cannot simply decide to believe one day, you can decide to act as a believer but you cannot decide to believe.
God is also allegedly omniscient so you have no hope tricking him into getting into heaven either. There are further arguments against this however I think what I have said here is enough to show its fallacy.
Sedecrem
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I know that viewpoint is redundant and basically bullshit. I said many people, not myself.
You do have to take into account that MANY "Christians" or otherwise religious people believe in it for that sole reason. They believe because they don't want to blow their chances. Yes that's not how religion works, but true religion requires an unwavering, blinded faith in something that can't be proven. Not many people have this even if they say they do...so they just say outloud and to others that they believe.