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Author Topic:   Pascal's Wager - Any Way to Live a Life
AnswersInGenitals
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Message 18 of 126 (432869)
11-08-2007 6:43 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by iceage
11-07-2007 8:18 PM


A demonstrably safe bet.
Pascal's wager assumes that god, if he exists, would give preferential treatment to people who are opportunistic, dishonest, hypocritical, and very shallow in their beliefs. Given the behavior of the vast majority of religious people, I'd say that taking the wager is a pretty safe bet.

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Message 19 of 126 (432871)
11-08-2007 6:52 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Rrhain
11-08-2007 2:08 AM


'Will' vs. 'compulsion'.
As has been referenced elsewhere, yes. If you put someone in a room with other people, all of whom are insisting that a certain event happened, he'll start to convince himself it actually did, creating "memories" of the event.
Now, is this "will"? I'd say yes. Our will to be one of the crowd and not stand out is what does it.
I think you might confuse people with your use of the word 'will'. People will assume you mean free will. I think 'compulsion' would be more accurate. The subjects do not perform an analysis and make a well thought out decision to create a false memory for themselves. They are reacting to a compulsion to fit in, and the compulsion is totally subconscious so that they are not aware of having made any kind of decision or of not having experienced the event.

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