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The ethics and morality of Pascal's wager
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<blockquote data-quote="zephcom" data-source="post: 74161331" data-attributes="member: 400000"><p>Thank you. You handled that question much better than nearly everyone I've asked. </p><p></p><p>I do think it worthwhile to point out that there are other religions and philosophies which accomplish what you say for yourself yet you implied that all except your religion are from lies. </p><p></p><p>Is it possible that the Protestant Canon is just one of many which reflect 'God' to humanity? Making positive identification of God and any communication He is responsible for has been an issue for me for a very long time.</p><p></p><p>At this point in my life and the studying I've done, I honestly don't believe that Jesus ever taught a religion. Rather He taught a way of life which is void of religion. The religion rose out of the teachings of the Apostles. If that is true, then there would be no religion which is the 'only' religion endorsed by God. </p><p></p><p>So I wonder how people can be so sure -they- have the one and only 'true' religion. And it does seem that each and every religious person is convinced that only they possess the 'true' religion and all the others are 'wrong'.</p><p></p><p>Even you dismissed fully half of the people in the world who profess to be Christian by specifying the "Protestant' Canon. Those passages you quoted are surely in the Catholic Canon also. </p><p></p><p>I do find it interesting that people can claim so very many people are wrong with their choice of religion based on which really amounts to emotions and feelings when surely people in other religions experience similar emotions and feelings about their religion.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, thank you again. Your response did not satisfy my curiosity but it did show more thought and clarity than most who have made similar claims as you did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zephcom, post: 74161331, member: 400000"] Thank you. You handled that question much better than nearly everyone I've asked. I do think it worthwhile to point out that there are other religions and philosophies which accomplish what you say for yourself yet you implied that all except your religion are from lies. Is it possible that the Protestant Canon is just one of many which reflect 'God' to humanity? Making positive identification of God and any communication He is responsible for has been an issue for me for a very long time. At this point in my life and the studying I've done, I honestly don't believe that Jesus ever taught a religion. Rather He taught a way of life which is void of religion. The religion rose out of the teachings of the Apostles. If that is true, then there would be no religion which is the 'only' religion endorsed by God. So I wonder how people can be so sure -they- have the one and only 'true' religion. And it does seem that each and every religious person is convinced that only they possess the 'true' religion and all the others are 'wrong'. Even you dismissed fully half of the people in the world who profess to be Christian by specifying the "Protestant' Canon. Those passages you quoted are surely in the Catholic Canon also. I do find it interesting that people can claim so very many people are wrong with their choice of religion based on which really amounts to emotions and feelings when surely people in other religions experience similar emotions and feelings about their religion. Anyway, thank you again. Your response did not satisfy my curiosity but it did show more thought and clarity than most who have made similar claims as you did. [/QUOTE]
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