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[–] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There will never be anything more illustrative of the limits of human intellect than the fact that a master logician famously argued that:

I ought to do XYZ because there may be an omnipotent being that rewards doing XYZ

…and did not immediately think:

I ought not to do XYZ because there may be an omnipotent being that punishes doing XYZ

[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

As a theist, I agree. Pascal's Wager is a terrible argument for God. It doesn't even address the variety of religions that contradict Christianity with contradicting moral imperatives. It only works if the outcomes are "My Variant of Christian God Exists" or "No God Exists".

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

That's why I'm working tirelessly to bring Roko's Basilisk into being! 👍