Posted on May 4, 2011 with 301 notes.

Atheist’s Wager

tamburina:

The Atheist’s Wager is an atheistic response to Blaise Pascal’s Wager. While Pascal suggested that it is better to take the chance of believing in a god that might not exist rather than to risk losing infinite happiness by disbelieving in a god that does, the Atheist’s Wager suggests that:

You should live your life and try to make the world a better place for your being in it, whether or not you believe in god. If there is no god, you have lost nothing and will be remembered fondly by those you left behind. If there is a benevolent god, he will judge you on your merits and not just on whether or not you believed in him.

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  1. daisyybug reblogged this from thisgarconsays
  2. shesaidclud reblogged this from moanicaa and added:
    This seems more like an agnostic wager, but I’ll go with it. You shouldn’t expect a reward in order to do what’s right....
  3. locutieofborg reblogged this from farebones
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  5. farebones reblogged this from earlyfrost and added:
    The Atheist’s Wager is an atheistic response to Blaise Pascal’s Wager. While Pascal suggested that it is better to take...
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  7. joanwatsonss reblogged this from churrocigar and added:
    Here’s the problem I’ve always had with this argument. Pascal’s Wager is basically, “Gain one thing (intellectual...
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  10. contemplatingstardust reblogged this from pegghetti and added:
    This is all I have to say on Pascal’s Wager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZpJ7yUPwdU
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  13. lovevolve reblogged this from pegghetti and added:
    not an atheist, but this is a wager i’ll take.
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  16. somekindafuck reblogged this from butt-pirate and added:
    I always the thought the whole pascal’s wager thing sounded kinda like bullshit but i never heard a legit response to it...
  17. butt-pirate reblogged this from nineteencigarettes and added:
    oh hell yes. that’s quite legit, if i do say so myself.
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