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- From: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
- Message-ID: <1847@snap>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 11:32:43 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.023430.6801@athena.cs.uga.edu> <srutt.711951273@beagle> <1992Jul24.151332.19380@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> <1992Jul24.164931.142181@cs.cmu.edu>
- Reply-To: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
- Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK
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- In article <1992Jul24.164931.142181@cs.cmu.edu> rudis+@cs.cmu.edu (Rujith S DeSilva) writes:
- >Anyway, here's the obligatory anecdote (for the benefit of rec.humor): Some
- >philosopher/theologician, when questioned as to whether he believes in God,
- >replied, [paraphrased] ``Either God exists or He doesn't. Either I believe in
- >God or I don't. Of the four possibilities, only one is to my disadvantage.
- >To avoid that possibility, I believe in God.''
-
- >BTW, could someone tell me who said the above?
-
- I don't know who said it in that form, but the argument is basically
- the same as that put forward by Pascal, and is generally known as
- Pascal's Wager. See the alt.atheism FAQ for more details and a
- refutation.
-
- Paul.
-
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