Atheists.. find a religion. For your own sake.

[QUOTE="Blood-Scribe"]Why in the hell do people still use Pascal's Wager?Tylendal

There's still way better arguments for any religion or a specific one out there that you could use instead. I don't get how anyone can resort to this horrible argument.

[QUOTE="-Big_Red-"]You cannot fault me for trying. Yeah I failed. But damnit I tried.GabuEx

You could try convincing people that there is an actual reason to believe in something. :P Pascal's Wager is nothing more than one big appeal to fear logical fallacy.

I'm not trying to use Pascal's Wager. What I'm trying to say is different. I used the "Appeal to fear" to persuade them that Atheism in the long run is not logical. And hope that they'd realize that and find faith elsewhere.-Big_Red-

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="-Big_Red-"]You cannot fault me for trying. Yeah I failed. But damnit I tried.-Big_Red-

You could try convincing people that there is an actual reason to believe in something. :P Pascal's Wager is nothing more than one big appeal to fear logical fallacy.

Short answer: No

Long Answer: Hell no.

I'm not trying to use Pascal's Wager. What I'm trying to say is different. I used the "Appeal to fear" to persuade them that Atheism in the long run is not logical. And hope that they'd realize that and find faith elsewhere.-Big_Red-

Well, you're using it whether you're trying to or not. The fact remains that people cannot will themselves into believing something that they think is false.

Now I know that alot of you are thinking to yourselves "Oh no you didn't!!!" But just hear me out. Lets say that the Christian God doesn't exist. Ad someone has been a strong believing christian all of their life, and then they die. And instead of going to heaven, they just cease to be existing. In every sense of the word. Okay now lets say that their is a christian God, and everything in The Bible does exist. And someone is an atheist, so when they die they face the horrors of hell for eternity. Do you get my point now? Is it worth it?

Let me explain this from a different approach. Lets say your'e taking the SAT, or ACT. And you have a minute left, but you have one passage to read, and six more questions. Your'e not going to leave those questions blank, are you? No, not if youre smart. Your'e going to guess on the six, and not read the passage. Because if you don't answer it, your'e going to automatically get those questions wrong. But if you gues you have a 1/4 chance of getting it right. So pick a religion, and hope that it's the right one. Besides, what're the chances that everything in the universe came to be from a massive explosion?

And just because I used Christianity as an example, that doesn't mean that I'm trying to convert you to Christianity, I only used it as an example, so don't flame me for that.

Discuss.

-Big_Red-

Pascal's either or logical fallicy wager fail.

How do you know zeus will not curse you for not worshiping at his temples after your death christian cursader.

[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="Blood-Scribe"]Why in the hell do people still use Pascal's Wager?Blood-Scribe

There's still way better arguments for any religion or a specific one out there that you could use instead. I don't get how anyone can resort to this horrible argument.