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"If atheism is true and I’m wrong, then when we die the atheist and I both suffer the same fate—extinction. But if atheism is false and I’m right, then the atheist goes to Hell and I go to Heaven. If you can’t be absolutely sure about whether Christianity is true, it’s the prudent choice to be a Christian." As an atheist I hear this kind of @#%$! a lot, but my rejection of this argument is different from yours. While it might make a good bet to believe in god instead of not believing, that's not the core of this argument. This argument is really about pretending to believe. When I weigh the evidence of god, my brain spits out an answer to the question "does god exist or not?" and that answer is what I believe. No amount of rationalizing whether I would be better off believing in something or not will change the actual belief. This argument is just weasely hypocrisy in my book, and if there were a god, people who pretend to believe only because of arguments like this certainly wouldn't fool him. There is also a cost to having a false belief in god that is ignored by this argument; puting a lot of time and attention toward pointless ritual. If the atheist is correct, they will have a fuller life because they live it, rather than spending it waiting for things to come. Anyway, just my 2 cents. —Peter Darley top |
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