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Atheist Penelope
KeepACoolin:
You know that- theoretically; I will not here press any claims- that's the equivalent of saying something like "I can't be bothered to be immunized against polio/bubonic plague/hepatitis/meningitis/various other potentially deadly diseases, they haven't made any impression on my life!"
My point being here that- again, theoretically- you could be dealing with the fate of your being for eternity.
Mind you, I will not demand or even (at this point) suggest that you adopt that view. I just remind you that the potential stakes are quite high.
nurgles_herald:
Ah, Pascal's Wager. Yeah. Fine. Whatever. If all you need to do to get into heaven is accept Jesus Christ as your savior, I'd rather not go there.
jonarus_drakus:
--- Quote from: KeepACoolin on 28 Jul 2009, 10:05 ---You know that- theoretically; I will not here press any claims- that's the equivalent of saying something like "I can't be bothered to be immunized against polio/bubonic plague/hepatitis/meningitis/various other potentially deadly diseases, they haven't made any impression on my life!"
My point being here that- again, theoretically- you could be dealing with the fate of your being for eternity.
Mind you, I will not demand or even (at this point) suggest that you adopt that view. I just remind you that the potential stakes are quite high.
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I've actually had this very argument leveled at me before, so i'll give the same response:
1) I DONT get imunisations - I hate needles!
2) I Believe that as long as i stick to MY OWN principles then i can do no wrong. If there is a god, how can he punish me for doing so. If the isn't then my actions ould have ensured i lived the longest most forfilling life posible. Either way I WIN!
I just remember something else, just a little joke:
> There is only one thing to worry about: If you are well or if you are sick. If you are well you have nothing to worry about.
> If you are sick, there is only one thing to worry about: If you will get better or if you will die. If you get better you have nothing to worry about.
> If you die, there is only one thing to worry about: If you will go to 'heaven' or if you will go to 'hell'. If you go to 'heaven' you have nothing to worry about.
> If you go to Hell, you'll be too bussy shacking hands with old friends to worry...
chronoplasm:
--- Quote from: jonarus_drakus on 28 Jul 2009, 12:36 ---
1) I DONT get imunisations - I hate needles!
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You do realize, of course, that by refusing immunizations, you aren't just putting yourself at risk; you are putting every person you come into contact with at a greater risk for infection.
Thanks a lot.
Delirium:
--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 28 Jul 2009, 08:26 ---
--- Quote from: Delirium on 27 Jul 2009, 01:32 ---So everything that has happened, has happened before, and will happen again?
Oh man. That sucks.
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Sounds like the underlying religious philosophy in Battlestar Galactica...
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Yes (love that show, incidentally), but that philosophy comes from far older sources. Nietzche, for example. And some greek philosopher whose name escapes me at the moment.
Also, I really, really wish people would stop dredging up Pascal's Wager. It was never conceived as a serious argument in favour of religion. Anyways, you have to take into consideration that at least one other religion, Islam, also threatens an eternal hell. Hell, even the Talmud states that Christians go to hell forever, boiling in feces, no less. Then you have all different interpretations of the Bible and Qu'ran, and whatever other wierdo religions believe in Hell, even private fucking revelations, and you have to adhere to every one of them to truly take the Wager. Except you can't, because some of them would get jealous and throw you into hell anyways.
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