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Pascal's Wager - Any Way to Live a Life

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11-09-2007 3:35 PM 		Reply to: Message 31 by ringo
11-09-2007 11:24 AM

Re: Clarification of Pascals infamous Wager
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"God helps those who help themselves"
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Actually you won't find this phrase or anything like it in the Bible.
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Actually this is but a Christian paraphrasing gf the ancient Greek saying : " — ". i.e. "the Goddess will move her hand after you've moved yours"
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"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the bug and some days you'll be the windscreen."
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