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Is This Why Many Say They Believe ?
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I was talking to a Theist friend of mine who said that he was a Theist not because he believed , in general terms he didn't , but rather it was better than the alternative. He said he Needed to believe in something outside himself and the known universe. He said without religion, life was a void.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It is logical to believe in a god/afterlife in general... as if don't believe and you're right it's fine, you're worm food, if you're wrong you're damned to hell etc. If you do believe and you're right, you probably go to heaven, if you're wrong you're just worm food.
So the way to remove risk is to believe just enough for minimum metaphysical height requirements to get into heaven.
The same exercise can be applied to the global warming "debate". If those who think it's a conspiracy are wrong, we all get drowned, if they're right, we just spent a bit of cash... etc.
Anyway, I find this logic more appealing that the kind mentioned in your OP modeller. "Life is a void without religion" is a sign of a lack of imagination!
So the way to remove risk is to believe just enough for minimum metaphysical height requirements to get into heaven.
The same exercise can be applied to the global warming "debate". If those who think it's a conspiracy are wrong, we all get drowned, if they're right, we just spent a bit of cash... etc.
Anyway, I find this logic more appealing that the kind mentioned in your OP modeller. "Life is a void without religion" is a sign of a lack of imagination!
"Besides which, you'd have to "believe" in every single religion to make sure you've covered all bases... doesn't really work."
You'd probably just have to bet with the majority I reckon?
Also, as you get more convinced by the evidence of the "worm food" option maybe you could ease off on the hedged bets and settle for a "personal relationship with god" kind of thing?
"Its puzzling that with so little belief that people favour religious marriages and fight for the right to a service, rather than a civil ceremony."
I think an equal civil ceremony is needed for everyone - something that says "tax benefits until death do us part" or similar :)
You'd probably just have to bet with the majority I reckon?
Also, as you get more convinced by the evidence of the "worm food" option maybe you could ease off on the hedged bets and settle for a "personal relationship with god" kind of thing?
"Its puzzling that with so little belief that people favour religious marriages and fight for the right to a service, rather than a civil ceremony."
I think an equal civil ceremony is needed for everyone - something that says "tax benefits until death do us part" or similar :)
Life of Pi is a more entertaining version ...
http:// screenr ant.com /life-o f-pi-mo vie-end ing-spo ilers/ (WARNING - SPOILERS)
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My reading of Pi was a bit different. I came away with the feeling that both versions of the story were "true" ... for those who believed each version.
An illustration of the idea that "God exists because, if He didn't, Man would have created him".
It's a variation on the Shroedinger idea. (Is that how you spell it?)
An illustration of the idea that "God exists because, if He didn't, Man would have created him".
It's a variation on the Shroedinger idea. (Is that how you spell it?)