Google "Pascal's Wager".
Oh yeah? I'm not so sure about that. Remember that he authorizes the birth of severely deformed and disabled children, authorizes child cancer, and a myriad of other cruel forms of suffering. Maybe God is actually extremely evil.
But even all of that doesn't even compare to an eternity of ultra-intense suffering just for following your biological imperatives (sex drive).
I can't say that there is no possibility of a god, so you're correct in saying that it is a wager on some level. But what I doubt is that such a god would be that malevolent, it just isn't something I can rationally except. As a omnipotent monotheistic god could dictate outcomes, it would sending his creations to hell with no possibility of escape from that end, for seemingly no reason at all.
This is also a good point, the demiurge seems more plausible to me.
The cope is actually atheism. It's very reassuring to think that there's no possibility to be sodomized forever by demons in a lake of burning sulfur after your death.
If God exists he's just a fucking dick.
Brainwashed sheep like half of Nobel Prizes, and nearly every notable figure in history before the 1950s? Yeah sure bro.
Yup exactly, just because they had high IQ´s doesn´t mean they aren´t sheep.
Swedenborg is not canon, just like every other writer who tried to dedramatize Hell.
Yeah and priest and nuns are bunch of hypocrites who will welcome bullies instead of pure hearted losers, again fuck mainstream religion the True God is a God of justice and perfection.
The question is not whether God exists. The question is whether you're willing to take the risk of eternal torture. Eternity is a pretty long time.
Cope
normalfaggot
Hum, yes, there is reason. The Roman catholics directly descend from the original Apostles, have worked for centuries on theological matters in universities, and there is more support for the traditional view of Hell in the Bible than for Swedenborg's. Swedenborg was just a lonely dreamer in a bedroom. He was not the first to assuage his fears of Hell by inventing self-serving bullshit, and won't be the last.
Dudes who marry their high school sweethart are more normie than Chad generally. My dad is one of them and hes no Chad. My little bro is still with his high school sweethart 7 years after graduating. Not chad either. More like k selected normies.
This. I need a demon gf
Nah, I like goth bitches
Not a god deserving of worship.
I'm not the one worried about a god that seemingly despises me.
Do you realize what Hell is? Try to put your head in a hot oven for fifteen seconds and come back to us after this. The point of Hell is pure, horrible torture. It's not being able to enjoy sinful pleasures. I think you listened too much to degenerate rock music.
If you could escape an eternity of torture by swallowing your pride and worshipping your master, wouldn't you do it?
A "God" that ignores evil but hey just repent before death or torment others all your life just repent brah what a fucking joke
Religion is cope for the small minded
Small-minded like Blaise Pascal or Nassim Taleb? Yeah sure. Read their bio and then try to do better than them.
Such arrogance and contempt for history will destroy you.
Smart people also say/do stupid things
If we follow your logic, then your chances of not burning are miniscule. There are thousands of Christian denominations who condemn other Christians to hell because they don't follow their exact version of the religion. Also, you may be tortured by Allah. Before you say that miniscule is better than nothing, think about how fallacious your argument is.
This is precisely my problem with the argument as well. It's not the sort of reasoning that makes sense from an omnipotent/omniscient god.
Just follow the denomination that has Tradition on its side. Orthodox or Roman Catholicism.
Or you could follow the native blood religion of your forebears. If you're white, that's Paganism. Christianity stole traditional values and high festivals from Pagans right after slaughtering them en masse. Christmas is actually Yule/Saturnalia. At its core, Christianity is anti-family. Jesus even said that no one can be a true believer of his until they've abandoned their friends and family. Christianity doesn't believe in reincarnation, i.e. don't pollute the lands of your forebears that you will be reborn in, but it insists on hating life and praising an Asian paradise as the ultimate purpose of existence.
He won't strike you down because doing so would prevent your ability to repent before death, and He wants everyone to repent.
