Originally posted by T-red2000se:
Ahhh...Pascal's wager...Unfortunately, it doesn't work with a God who requires real faith.
Believe in God because he [b]IS, not be cause he MIGHT BE.[/b]
no one said believe in god because he might be, or because he "is". Jeff said be a good person, be a decent human being... For the sake of being a good person.. for yourself, for others, not so you can stand in the middle and cop out of either side of the christian black or white.
This is pretty much how i do things, I was raised catholic, i still have a lot of catholic values, but the church, not god, has scourned my faith.. (long before this priest scandal, i just find that humerous.. anyhow) So i decided to live like a good person, for me. I sleep well at night, I dont make enemies, and generally speaking, things are good. Should your acclaimed 'judgement day' ever arise, and low and behold the almighty stands in front of me and strikes me down because I strictly didnt believe in a book, or the words i was force fed as a child so be it. But i'd like to think that such a powerful diety who should judge my so-called afterlife, or soul, however you believe... would look at my actions, not my criticisms.
What always rubbed me wrong was why would a God so giving with free will, freedom of thought etc. kick your ass to the curb for disagreeing, or questioning these things with the very free will s/he/it gave you? I know the answer.. i'm sure to read... THERES PROOF, ITS UNDENIABLE!
There are a lot of strange things that happen in this world, some call them miracles, others dumb luck. I like to think that we, as a young human species are just too stupid to figure everything out yet... and maybe we wont figure everything out, but proof does not lie in the lack of a better answer. For me anyhow.
