“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”
— Blaise Pascal
Not on the basis of proof | QOTD
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”
— Blaise Pascal
Memoir of a Writer 
I forgot about that guy.
ECHO ECHO
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Scarily true, then and now.
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You know he was also a betting man.
ECHO ECHO
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Once people have their beliefs, no amount of proof to the contrary will change their minds.
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True. Lol I myself am pretty set my beliefs, but at the same time I’m willing to consider evidence of contrary beliefs.
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Keep an open mind. That’s all anyone can reasonably ask of anyone in such situations.
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I have a problem with his wager. Lol
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Lol, why is that?
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It presupposes that if there is a god, there is only one
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True. I don’t really see his wager as anything more than something to think about. I think to believe in God because of Pascal’s wager is a pretty awful reason to believe in something. But again, I think it can open the door of ‘why not’ – why not explore the topic of is God real or not (or if someone wants, if god(s) are real or not, because it shows there’s no harm in investigating the topic.
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Right! It’s great at a conversation starter but not as a belief system
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Or, that the one god in question is the correct one.
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But it’s not meant to prove the existence of (let’s say the Christian) God, it shows that’s there’s no reason not to believe in a God – it’s up to the person to pursue the subject of which “God” or “gods” are correct —- which can’t be done through a philosophical study.
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It doesn’t prove the existence of God, but it does argue logically that one does better to believe in God than not. My problem negates that logic, since if the God one believes in is the wrong God, one fares no better than atheists… Possibly worse, if the ‘actual’ god is vindictive
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I agree with you!
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Hooray! I always love when someone agrees with me. It means that either I’m not as crazy as I think, or that I have company. lol
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Haha, well I’m pretty sure most people see the problems of the wager 😅
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Most people see what they want to see, I think. Somewhat like the Pascal quote at the top!
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