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Old April 28th 18, 09:26 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris L Peterson
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Default Flat Earther and AGW Denier to head nasa into obscurity.

On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 11:33:39 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:

I am incapable of taking Pascal's wager. If an omniscient God exists, I
can't fool Him by pretending to believe in Him. My beliefs are the
result of applying my reason to the available information; I can't choose
them directly like a box of detergent in the supermarket.


Of course, Pascal's wager is nonsense on many fronts. Not only can we
not choose what to believe, but statistically, if there's a god you're
going to pick the wrong one to worship (or pretend to believe in).