DHA's Wager

I think he understood the premise of the P's wager, just not DHA's spin on it. I think maybe DHA could have made it a little clearer in that the options are now:1) Choose God, right (infinitely small chance but if right then saved)
2) Choose not to choose (guaranteed in bad standing but at least you aren't against god).
3) Choose God, wrong (high chance of happening if you choose at all and you are worse off because enemies of God are worse off than idiots who simply couldn't figure it out).By the way, excellent new avatar. This is definitely your best yet. Even if it's blurry when seen full size, in avater size it is really good. No one better give you a hard time on this one (or they'll piss off some God somewhere).

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)"...don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard, I just read the Daily News and swear by every word.."(Steely Dan)

Agreed. I suppose though that perhaps "religion" is more important to use than "God".Certain religions have countless gods, and so they really don't stack up against each other (odds wise) since you are free to choose one or more with no issue. And on the opposite side of the fence you have on God with many different religions based on him, and they are almost all adverse to each other.Actually now that I think about it, there are only 3 religions, with various subreligions (denominations) which do NOT allow for the worship of other gods.As far as I remember (and I could be corrected on this) only the current monotheist cultures of judaism, christianity, and islam forbid the possibility of worshipping other gods (it is only their's which is jealous) and ironically though the same God, forbid the possibility of each other's religious system.So maybe this all boils down to:If you choose a monotheist religion: Base 1 in 3 chance of being right and saved (altered for the worse when denominations are added), base 2 in 3 chance of being damned forever with gnashing and wailing and all that.Not choosing: Guaranteed no place in heaven if there is a correct religion, but perhaps less gnashing and wailing and maybe even forgiveness.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)"...don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard, I just read the Daily News and swear by every word.."(Steely Dan)

Actually I was refering to Ned's avatar. He has caught hell for his avatars in the past (even though I thought they were okay) and I wanted to back him up on this one (as it is definitely a nice pic).Yours is a nice avatar, though I might suggest photoshopping out the "jubilee cut" section. That makes it look like an ad of come kind.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)"...don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard, I just read the Daily News and swear by every word.."(Steely Dan)

Photoshop is an image editing software package. I know of no better editing professional editing software. Very powerful.In your case you could simply get by by cropping the image (cutting off the lower portion).Anyhow, that's all that needs to be said on this diversion from your thread.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)"...don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard, I just read the Daily News and swear by every word.."(Steely Dan)