Neil Carter's Godless in Dixie is my current favorite blog. A fellow member of The Clergy Project, Neil writes thoughtfully and incisively about Christianity, atheism, and passing from the first to the second.
In this post, Neil tackles the famous wager by the 16th-century French thinker, Blaise Pascal. The wager is simply that it is a better bet to believe in God and the afterlife than not to believe. Because if God and heaven really exist, then believing in them will bring infinite benefit, whereas not believing will bring unending suffering. If they do not exist, then you will lose nothing by having believed.
The logic appears irrefutable. Neil shows that it is, in fact, very mistaken. Enjoy the read, and the think!
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/09/22/the-christians-wager/
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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