Blaise Pascal was a terribly confused and deluded old man. Using decision theory and logic, his flawed conjectures have been straightened out. To read more, go to this link
Your wikipedia article makes me sad. That is not how most religions work. In Judaism, the only people who go to Heaven are those who believe in God and have followed their many religious laws. In Christianity, the only people who go to Heaven are those who believe in God and have lived morally acceptable lives. In Islam, the only people who go to Heaven believe in allah and follow his teachings. In Hindu, those who are the closest to achieving enlightenment are those who are priests of the Hindu religion. The "Aetheist's Wager" is a nonsensical argument.
The ancient scriptures of these religions are folklore that became written down. As it turns out, certain ideas control the masses much better than others. Over the centuries, the less effective ideas die out. The best time tested ideas to control the masses have been Resurrection (Christianity) and 72 Virgins in paradise (Islam). Even today, emotional people fall for this shit.
Use your brain and lead a good life. If a vengeful God waits after you die, tell him his anger is unjustified and you reject his malevolence.
but in a way it is a good thing and islam does have multiple scientific proofs of it being true, check the quran portion on keith moore page or something
Btw as a muslim I believe there will be an eternal life after this one, as in the 72 virgins is a stereotypical view of islam
I'm saying religion is an institution created to control the masses. To do this, you must incentivize people to participate. This creates a positive social benefit. But, the individual bears the internal detriments of fears and other maladaptive psychological conflicts that are planted to ensure conformity.
Physics making me believe God might exist
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Blaise Pascal was a terribly confused and deluded old man. Using decision theory and logic, his flawed conjectures have been straightened out. To read more, go to this link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist's_Wager
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Your wikipedia article makes me sad. That is not how most religions work. In Judaism, the only people who go to Heaven are those who believe in God and have followed their many religious laws. In Christianity, the only people who go to Heaven are those who believe in God and have lived morally acceptable lives. In Islam, the only people who go to Heaven believe in allah and follow his teachings. In Hindu, those who are the closest to achieving enlightenment are those who are priests of the Hindu religion. The "Aetheist's Wager" is a nonsensical argument.
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The ancient scriptures of these religions are folklore that became written down. As it turns out, certain ideas control the masses much better than others. Over the centuries, the less effective ideas die out. The best time tested ideas to control the masses have been Resurrection (Christianity) and 72 Virgins in paradise (Islam). Even today, emotional people fall for this shit.
Use your brain and lead a good life. If a vengeful God waits after you die, tell him his anger is unjustified and you reject his malevolence.
That is all.
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but in a way it is a good thing and islam does have multiple scientific proofs of it being true, check the quran portion on keith moore page or something
Btw as a muslim I believe there will be an eternal life after this one, as in the 72 virgins is a stereotypical view of islam
I don't understand what you're trying to say in your first paragraph. If you're saying religion is a sham, then I have to disagree.
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I'm saying religion is an institution created to control the masses. To do this, you must incentivize people to participate. This creates a positive social benefit. But, the individual bears the internal detriments of fears and other maladaptive psychological conflicts that are planted to ensure conformity.