Most of you will be aware of Pascal's Wager, and indeed, of those of you who aren't aware of it by name, most of you will likely have heard it without knowing what it's called
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I've always wanted to rebute the whole Pascal's wager thing with "That's a good point! I'll become a muslim right away!" seeing as Islam is an older (possibly bigger?) religion. I don't get into debates with Christians in the last few years though so I haven't gotten the chance.
Islam is actually about 600 years younger than christianity, actually. Depending on the version of christianity you're talking about, of course.
But again, Pascal doesn't even acknowledge any possibility in his silly little wager that there's the possibility that neither side is right; that there could be any other god or any other version of his god. It's the biggest reason why it falls apart upon the lightest of scrutiny.
Well I was really thinking about the Protestant-branch, seeing as that's pretty much the only one you'll find in Norway. I was under the impression it's a pretty young religion but I'm not sure from where. It is, at the very most, only 2000 years old after all.
Yeah, that's why I specified "depending on the version of christianity you're talking about". Heck, there's new versions of christianity coming out practically every day!
(and the Protestant Reformation began in the early 16th century, for the record)
Oh yeah, that's right! It was tied to that dude who nailed up some illegal posters in Germany and that other dude who invented the book-printer or something. I remember that from high school!
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But again, Pascal doesn't even acknowledge any possibility in his silly little wager that there's the possibility that neither side is right; that there could be any other god or any other version of his god. It's the biggest reason why it falls apart upon the lightest of scrutiny.
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(and the Protestant Reformation began in the early 16th century, for the record)
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