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The ethics and morality of Pascal's wager
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<blockquote data-quote="variant" data-source="post: 74223177" data-attributes="member: 114463"><p>Regardless of why people make such claims.</p><p></p><p>I still think it's reasonable that if such events actually occur, I should eventually get some smart phone recordings of them with how many people on the planet have them, and how many miracles are generally claimed to occur.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think they are intrinsic to it because that is what the wager is about. A psychological cost/benefit analysis where the religion plays on our deepest desires and fears.</p><p></p><p>Not real evidence mind you, just an invisible carrot and a stick.</p><p></p><p>Exactly like the promises of the religion itself.</p><p></p><p>I react in the opposite manner, probably because my psychology tends to react poorly to attempts at manipulation.</p><p></p><p>So, no, I don't think God is anything like this, if one exists. If God were so craven as to attempt base psychological manipulation, it kind of takes on a different form so to speak.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that we're talking about something that is mostly spread by being authoritatively taught to small children, not adults with realistic means of defending themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="variant, post: 74223177, member: 114463"] Regardless of why people make such claims. I still think it's reasonable that if such events actually occur, I should eventually get some smart phone recordings of them with how many people on the planet have them, and how many miracles are generally claimed to occur. I think they are intrinsic to it because that is what the wager is about. A psychological cost/benefit analysis where the religion plays on our deepest desires and fears. Not real evidence mind you, just an invisible carrot and a stick. Exactly like the promises of the religion itself. I react in the opposite manner, probably because my psychology tends to react poorly to attempts at manipulation. So, no, I don't think God is anything like this, if one exists. If God were so craven as to attempt base psychological manipulation, it kind of takes on a different form so to speak. Keep in mind that we're talking about something that is mostly spread by being authoritatively taught to small children, not adults with realistic means of defending themselves. [/QUOTE]
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