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Atheists & Agnostics

Gore1FL

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8. I see you were answered above, so I'll taker this opportunity to give my response:

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2015, 04:44 PM

Apr 2015

I ask, how they know that God doesn't value those who rely on evidence over faith? I then suggest that perhaps He uses religion, faith, and worship as a way to separate the two, sending the faithful to hell and bringing the evidenced-based people into paradise.

The best they can usually answer is "The bible says..." to which the response is "obviously the Bible is a big part of weed out process."

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What is this called? [View all] Bertha Venation Apr 2015 OP

Pascal's Wager? beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #1

Yes. That is it exactly. Bertha Venation Apr 2015 #2

You veddy welcome! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #3

:mwah: again! Bertha Venation Apr 2015 #4

“But Marge FiveGoodMen Apr 2015 #6

! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #7

Pascal's Wager and can easily be countered by Epicurus's Riddle Warpy Apr 2015 #5

I see you were answered above, so I'll taker this opportunity to give my response: Gore1FL Apr 2015 #8