On 4/26/2011 10:41 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
In , Tim wrote:
On 4/26/2011 4:47 PM, Doug Miller wrote:

Indeed, that might be something to worry about. If I'm wrong, and there really
isn't an afterlife, oh well, when I'm dead I'm dead, and that's that. OTOH, if
Dawkins is wrong, and there really is an afterlife, I don't think he's going
to enjoy it much.

I believe it was Pascal that first argued this very view.

Yes, as an argument in favor of belief -- but I think it's unpersuasive in
that context: does he truly believe, who believes only because of this?

Yes, if I were god (God) I would figure you are gaming the system and I
would treat you accordingly, to my diabolical pleasure.

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Jack
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