From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 22:17:22 MDT
hal@finney.org wrote:
> Isn't it true that the Catholic church focuses more on actions than
> beliefs? ...(it may be a false stereotype), but if
> there is some truth to it then Pascal's wager cannot be refuted on the
> basis that it means trying to fool God with a false belief. Hal
That could be it Hal, but I rather suspect that Pascal himself
may have been having a little fun with the whole concept. I
have always suspected his wager was a little joke that others
took far more seriously than he intended. Pascal surely realized
the paradoxical nature of his view. spike
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