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   XPost: alt.atheism, alt.talk.creationism   
   From: Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com   
      
   On 8/29/2010 5:05 PM, Jimbo wrote:   
   > On Aug 29, 10:15 am, tirebiter  wrote:   
   >> On Aug 28, 10:27 pm, Virgil  wrote:   
      
      
      
   >>> I was under the apparently mistaken impression that your god was   
   >>> supposed to know your thoughts and the reasons for your actions, and   
   >>> would thus be aware that one's "belief" was bought.   
   >>   
   >> The horribly flawed Pascal's Wager really comes down to exactly this.   
   >> It requires a god that doesn't care why someone would want to believe   
   >> in it, even if it is just to win a bet.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's also flawed as it creates a false dualism.  One choice, or   
   > another.  In fact, this question is one of many hundreds of choices.   
   > Between non-belief, and belief in one of the 640 or so known   
   > religions, and many more gods being worshipped.   
      
   Exactly: Nail on the head. :-)   
   That is the real reason Pascal's Wager is a total joke: false dilemma.   
   Creationists love logical fallacies, and use them all the time.   
      
   By the way: here is a great collection:   
   http://www.fallacyfiles.org/   
      
   Regards,   
   Erwin Moller   
      
      
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   other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious   
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