03-25-2004, 06:12 AM
"I think that if I am wrong about this, then nothing will happen to me, but if I am right, then I am saved, so better safe than sorry."
That would be Pascal's Wager. Unfortunately, it is fallacious. What if Islam is correct, and you're pretty much going to hell, not for disbelief, but for wrong belief? Or Zoroastrianism? Or a God who resembles the christian god in all aspects, but has reversed the heaven/hell entrance requirements?
There's no evidence whatsoever that you're "better safe than sorry".
Jester
That would be Pascal's Wager. Unfortunately, it is fallacious. What if Islam is correct, and you're pretty much going to hell, not for disbelief, but for wrong belief? Or Zoroastrianism? Or a God who resembles the christian god in all aspects, but has reversed the heaven/hell entrance requirements?
There's no evidence whatsoever that you're "better safe than sorry".
Jester