Nemesis Juggernaut writes:
iceage writes:
is employing Pascal's Wager in your approach to life an authentic and intellectually honest way to live!?
What about it would or wouldn't authenticate an intellectually honest way to live?
My guess as to what iceage is getting at is the morality of using Pascal's Wager.
In it's essence, Pascal's Wager is this:
It is better to believe in God because of the possible personal rewards rather than not believe in God and missing out on those personal rewards.
Which is extremely greedy and self-centered.
If you're only reason for belief is the chance at personal reward... are you really being a good person?
Isn't that what religion is really about... being a good person?
Therefore, if one wants to use religion to be a good person, using Pascal's Wager is against that cause and is therefore an intellectually dishonest reason-to-believe.
If that is what he's hinting at, I agree with him.
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