[Ham]
... but it's more reasonable than a life cut off from reality except
for experience and whose only purpose in the world is to survive in
relative comfort for an allotted time period.
[Arlo]
Ah yes, far better is the purpose that we are here to satiate the ego
of a vain and insecure Source, who's Superiority is only marred by
his need to be adored. Yeah, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
But of course, what good is a King without peons to marvel at His Splendor?
So I am curious. Other than gushing adoration onto this insecure
Primary Source, what "purpose" do our lives have?
[Ham]
I leave you with the stakes as Pascal saw them: 'Let us weigh the
gain and loss in choosing 'heads' that God is. Let us weigh the two
cases: if you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose
nothing. Wager then unhesitatingly that He is'." One doesn't have
to subscribe to a deity to consider that a reasonable bet.
[Arlo]
Which God? Or any God? Should I hedge my bets and believe in them
all? I mean, what if Odin is sitting up there all pissed off and
angry that some worship that fictional and false god "yahweh"? Do you
want to take that chance? What do I "gain" by worshipping the
Christian god when Odin the real God?
And what if the "Islamofascists" are right? They've wagered that "he
is", is that a good thing? Or is the only God that we are to wager on
the God who seems to accept the whole "freedom of religion" thing?
Dear Goddess, what if the Scientologists are right and "that 75
million years ago an evil galactic ruler, named Xenu, solved
overpopulation by bringing trillions of people to Earth in DC-8 space
planes, stacking them around volcanoes and nuking them. Then the
souls of these dead space aliens were captured and boxed up and taken
to cinemas where they were shown films of what life should be like,
false ideas containing God, the devil and Christ and told to get ill.
After that they supposedly clustered together and now inhabit our
bodies"? What do I gain by "wagering" that that story is true?
And if you say "any god, all that matters is that you believe in
one", well... I have some follow-ups to that I'll hold off on until I
get your answer.
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