On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
First I have
seen of this conversation, but like you said - YOUR comments
need an answer... I am quite sure that hell will be full of people who
agreed that there was no God while they were alive. Unfortunaltely it'll
be too late then for them to change their mind. Now you may disagree with
me, but I have one question to ask you and you can keep the reply to
yourself..... Do you really want to take that chance?
Haven't we all outgrown Pascal's wager? More people believe in gods other
than the one you beleive in. Which of the 10,000 gods we've worshipped
throughout history is the right one? The odds would suggest you've chosen
the wrong one.
Do you really want to take that chance? You'd better worship them all.
Allah, Ganesh, Zeus, Thor, Krishna, and David Koresh are all waiting on
your response.
Eric
And simultaneously, you might want to entertain the probability that
more people have been killed in the name of religion than have been
saved by it.
- don