>From "Alien IQ" by Clifford Pickover. "Consider two universes. Universe Omega is a universe in which God does not exist, but the inhabitants of the Universe believe God exists, Universe Upsilon is a universe in which God does exist, but no inhabitants believes God exists.
In which Universe do you prefer to live? In which Universe do you think most people would prefer to live? NFH >-----Original Message----- >From: David Hobby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:05 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: My wager, was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: >Plonkworthy? > > >William T Goodall wrote: >> >... >> > (Besides, there's always Pascal's wager to consider.) >> >> My wager is that it is best to not believe in any of this religious >> stuff because even if it turns out I was wrong, and Zoop the >> Spider-Goddess rules the Universe[1] and sentences me to eternity >> scrubbing the larvae-pits for my lack of faith, *at least I >got a whole >> lifetime free of this nonsense first*. >> >> [1] I'm not singling out you Zoopites, just an example :) > > Sorry, Zoop, but I've never heard of you. > I would modify Pascal's wager so that one would pick >the best god to believe in based on their promises for the >afterlife. Optimists would pick the god with the best offered >heaven (I'd prefer one that was not too literal, just a >metaphorical "where no shadows fall" or somesuch.) Pessimists >would pick the god which threatened the worst hell for non- >believers. > Now for the question: Which god is that? > > ---David >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
