you didn't give me the credit....i need affirmation damnit! On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote:
> > didn't I say that. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:32 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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:360887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
