A major flaw in Pascal's Wager is its advocacy of believing out of fear of punishment. God would certainly be able to see through your false faith, amirite?

+100 A major flaw in Pascal's Wager is its advocacy of believing out of fear of punishment. God would certainly be able to see through your false faith, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly! That's what I tell people that say "just believe, cuz if you're wrong you go to hell, if you're right nothing happens".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It also assumes that there's either a Christian God and hell or no god at all; no other options or gods are presented.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes! It bothers me so much when people say, "well you might as well believe, because then you'll have a chance". Not only do I have to choose between 1000s of religions to 'believe' in, but obviously any deity I pretended to believe in that actually did exist would be able to tell I didn't actually believe if it was omniscient.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What if God is real and send anybody who believes in him to Hell?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yet so many people base their conversion argument on that basis alone.

by Anonymous 12 years ago