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To: VeritatisSplendor
Pascal's Wager is aimed ONLY at people who have ALREADY intellectually accepted belief in God from OTHER arguments, but are feeling EMOTIONAL reservations and can't make the "leap of faith" even though they intellectually accept the arguments for Christianity.

It makes no sense to get faith from an argument of any kind.

142 posted on 11/24/2001 9:58:52 AM PST by Physicist
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To: Physicist
It makes no sense to get faith from an argument of any kind.

You're missing my point. Pascal's Wager is not an "argument" intended to intellectually persuade. It is an emotional appeal aimed at people who need an emotional appeal, for whom the relevant intellectual questions have already been answered. Pascal and later commentators are clear about this. But by disingenuously portraying it as an intellectual argument that purports to add logical support to its conclusion, anti-Christians have been able to attack Christianity as unintellectual and slander Pascal as illogical and fallacious.

176 posted on 11/24/2001 4:15:32 PM PST by VeritatisSplendor
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