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Author Topic:   Pascal's Wager - Any Way to Live a Life
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Message 1 of 2 (432699)
11-07-2007 8:18 PM


Last night driving home from work I was listening to a Christian radio station and it was one of those right-wing nut job talk shows. Not sure what talk show it was but the guest was Dinesh D'Souza and the discussion was concerning a debate between Dinesh-Hitchen's at Kings College. They played sound bites of Christopher Hitchen's of which I found interesting, insightful and truthful (however their intent was the opposite).
The topic came around to Pascal's Wager. Both the female Talk Show Host and Dinesh and following callers were all in strong agreement of the wisdom behind Pascal's Wager and they used C.S. Lewis and Pascal himself as an appeal to intellectual authority on its validity.
I often hear this argument within Christian circles and have notice Christians here such as ICANT, NJ and others employ Pascal's Wager in defense of their faith.
Laying aside the fallacy of Pascals Wager itself (hey maybe theist are punished in the end as some cosmic plot twist). This brings me to my question: is employing Pascal's Wager in your approach to life an authentic and intellectually honest way to live!?

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Message 2 of 2 (432737)
11-07-2007 11:45 PM


Thread copied to the Pascal's Wager - Any Way to Live a Life thread in the Faith and Belief forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.

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