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Originally posted by Shpoop
now i know many people dont appreciate it being looked at this way, but for you economists, its a simple question of marginal analysis and risk. Weigh your benefits with your costs.
Beleiving in God: cost: Rules and regulations...but can still have fun in life
Benefit: Eternal salvation
Aetheism: Benefit: no rules, do what you want
cost: Hell. Forever.
Is it not worth the risk of a little bit of self control on earth, just incase you may be banished to hell forever? Forever is a pretty long time. i know you shouldnt force yourself to believe in God, but i was just made that way.
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That is known as Pascal's wager.
I think my reaction to this is summed up pretty much by what Douglas Adams has to say on the subject:
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People will then often say “But surely it’s better to remain an Agnostic just in case?” This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. If it turns out that I’ve been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I think I would chose not to worship him anyway.
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