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Lord Asriel · 08-20-2002, 07:41 AM

Still new here, so I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I came up with this one while debating on another forum the other day. Just wondering if it's been used before:

"Surely it is better to wager on the existence of the life we know we have, rather than gamble on the existence of a life after death which may or may not exist."

Any suggestions for a tighter phrasing would be appreciated.

EvilTeuf · 08-20-2002, 09:15 AM

Live the life you have now, not the one that might never come.

Jayhawker Soule · 08-20-2002, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and--sans End!

- The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam

Jobar · 08-20-2002, 11:23 AM

Lord Asriel, and EvilTeuf, welcome to Internet Infidels.

We very recently had a thread rehashing Pascal's Wager, which was moved to our Rants & Raves forum- one of our other members, bd-from-kg, posted a very similar argument in refutation.

This topic is not really a rant or rave; I will move it to Misc. Religion.

abe smith · 08-21-2002, 06:19 AM

Carpe diem. No tomorrow.

08-20-2002, 07:41 AM	#1
Lord Asriel Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 467	Asriel's Wager Still new here, so I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I came up with this one while debating on another forum the other day. Just wondering if it's been used before: "Surely it is better to wager on the existence of the life we know we have, rather than gamble on the existence of a life after death which may or may not exist." Any suggestions for a tighter phrasing would be appreciated.

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08-20-2002, 09:15 AM	#2
EvilTeuf Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Oxford Posts: 24	Live the life you have now, not the one that might never come.

08-20-2002, 11:23 AM	#4
Jobar Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: secularcafe.org Posts: 9,525	Lord Asriel, and EvilTeuf, welcome to Internet Infidels. We very recently had a thread rehashing Pascal's Wager, which was moved to our Rants & Raves forum- one of our other members, bd-from-kg, posted a very similar argument in refutation. This topic is not really a rant or rave; I will move it to Misc. Religion.

08-21-2002, 06:19 AM	#5
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	Carpe diem. No tomorrow.

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