Originally posted by dj2becker [b]I do not rule out the very slight chance that I could be wrong and that god might exist after all.
I would just like to know what your take is on this one:
If it were to happen that God does not exist, what would the consequences be on the theist? And, if it were to happen that God does exist, what would the consequences be on the atheist? How would these two sets of consequences compare with one another?[/b]
Lucifershammer is right, this is what is known as Pascal's Wager. I'm not going to take the time to refute the wager for you. You can read about it, and criticisms of it, at Wikipedia.com if you really want to.
Originally posted by sonhouse Well then, give me the 50 cent tour. I certainly don't claim to be
an expert on Atheism, just what I read in the comics🙂
it looks like rwingett has already done a good job breaking it down. if atheists are ice-cream, they are not all vanilla, not all chocolate; they come in all sorts of flavors. the only sweeping generalization you can make about the atheist is that he lacks belief in a god or gods.
there are weak, strong, implicit, explicit, critical atheists, and so forth and so on. why society wants to pigeon-hole all atheists as strong atheists is beyond me. i consider the strong atheist to be on no surer footing than the theist. your remarks before were clearly aimed at the strong atheist.
Pray for the sucess of Atheism
30 Aug '05 14:55
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