absurdity

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Fri Nov 9 19:14:52 2001

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
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