Isn't that sort of a much more eloquently worded restatement of what I said?? :)
Live good, and belief or not, a just God will take care of you...if he exists. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > I prefer the Emperor Marcus Aurelius' rejoinder to Pascal's Wager > (amazing guy that Aurelius took on Pascal 1000 years before Pascal's > birth, and won). > Aurelius in between conquering parts of Germany and beating up on the > Persians managed to write a brilliant book on Philosophy in it he > said: > > "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will > not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the > virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you > should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will > be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the > memories of your loved ones." > -- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations > > To me that's a damned sight better than Pascal's implied blackmail. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:17 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> To their defense, they are playing Pascal's wager on your behalf. If > God > >> exists and you don't believe you get eternity in hell . If they are > wrong, > >> well, you're worm food. Not saying it's the right approach, but giving > you > >> the reasoning. > >> > > > > I'm betting something a little different > > > > That if there IS a God, and he created us, yet never gave us any real > > evidence of himself apart from life itself.....i'm betting that he won't > > send me to hell simply for using the limited talents he gave me and > > arriving at the logical conclusion to which they led me. > > > > Not saying it's the right approach, but giving you my reasoning :) > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
