I have been reading here and there that Pascal's wager has been refutted and I spent a bit of time looking at the arguments... I was hoping to find some good arguments to chew on and I felt like I wasted a bit of my time.
All the rebuttals made are based on the understanding of "religion" of a 10-year old. They use the same arguments that the people they are trying to disprove when I think they should took a few steps back and put things into perspective.
Arguments such as
But worse, you get into this in the end
Right, so basically choosing not to bet is the best choice. I shall ask this person for ways of winning the lottery then. This guy is basically saying that by not playing you win. Smart move!
Basic maths here, a probability of 1 out of a million will still give you a better result than a 0 probability.
People's reasoning nowadays, especially people with anti-religious motives, anti-theist motivations has been completely devoured by their hate. They are so self deluded that they do not even realize that their emotions govern their thinking.
source: http://www.wikihow.com/Refute-Pascal's-Wager
All the rebuttals made are based on the understanding of "religion" of a 10-year old. They use the same arguments that the people they are trying to disprove when I think they should took a few steps back and put things into perspective.
Arguments such as
- "In fact, believing in a religion, comes with many responsibilities. Thus you spend time in sermons and preaching, time which could be invested elsewhere."
- "Subsequently believing in the unknowable comes with multiple drawbacks. So, in return for investing time in something which is possible, but by no means certain, you waste time, you dull your intellect and take up questionable morals, on the only place where your rewards are certain and tangible, Earth."
But worse, you get into this in the end
- "There's an infinite number of possible deities and/or religions, all of which are just as likely to be correct, due to their non natural nature."
Right, so basically choosing not to bet is the best choice. I shall ask this person for ways of winning the lottery then. This guy is basically saying that by not playing you win. Smart move!
Basic maths here, a probability of 1 out of a million will still give you a better result than a 0 probability.
People's reasoning nowadays, especially people with anti-religious motives, anti-theist motivations has been completely devoured by their hate. They are so self deluded that they do not even realize that their emotions govern their thinking.
source: http://www.wikihow.com/Refute-Pascal's-Wager