Comments on: What are religious people gambling on their specific beliefs without evidence being true?

By: ( deleted )

( deleted ) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:53:08 +0000

Could it be that they are gambling the freedom to question their own beliefs? The ability to take another’s intellectual position? Of course the most obvious answer is that they are gambling their very soul something that cannot be proven to actually exist. I think that’s where you were going with this. I could be totally off here of course.

By: I-eddie-M

I-eddie-M — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:15:22 +0000

well for one there is a lot of evidence that supports the existence of a god. but if u want to know what they we are gambling, well if all religions are wrong we waisted time, but it wouldnt matter because we’d be dead and wouldnt care. if im right i get to go to heaven.

so the real question is “what are non-believers gambling?” if they are right and there is no god then they die and nothing changes. if they are wrong they go to hell. thats what they are gambling.

By: KAL

KAL — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:15:10 +0000

Why do you insist on equating “evidence” with “proof”. I have a TON of “evidence” that what I believe is true…it may not be scientific evidence, but personal experience constitutes evidence and so does the outcome of critical thought. I’m not gambling anything that everyone else on the planet…including you…aren’t also gambling. You’re gambling on your ability to perceive evidence related to a supernatural being who defined himself as being beyond human perception and comprehension…I’m gambling on his promise that if I would accept his existence on faith alone, he would provide me with all the evidence I’d need to confirm my beliefs about him. At least the jackpot I’m trying to hit is worth billions…the jackpot you’re gambling on is worth nothing.

By: Thomas H

Thomas H — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:24:03 +0000

The Holy Spirit is evidence. Jesus said He would send the Spirit. The Spirit is here. Jesus sent Him. Jesus is God.

By: Praise to the Trinity

Praise to the Trinity — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:14:39 +0000

My friend the evidence is overwhelming regarding Christianity. That is if you were really interested in looking at the facts. What takes true faith is evolution. The nothing became something somehow even though we did not see it, i.e. the big bang.

By: Enza

Enza — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:40:22 +0000

i guess but how do atheist know they’re right? aren’t they also gambling?
hell my beliefs are based on books of dialogue published by a man who says he has spoken with God? I believe him and I live my life as if those are Gods words. I really have no evidence, but i look at it this way, if I am wrong(even though there is no doubt in my mind) I wont be disappointed in the way i will have lived my life, but let me tell you it wouldn’t be the same if I were to live as a Christian

By: Obey me or go to hell. Love, god

Obey me or go to hell. Love, god — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:54:05 +0000

all religions are ignorant superstitions

@kalee jean Your logic is awful. There is no proof that fairies, gnomes, elves, and unicorns don’t exist. Do you believe in those things too?

By: Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:13:12 +0000

you do realize that includes Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, too, right?
no proof that there is no Flying Spaghetti Monster.

By: Anna Durham

Anna Durham — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:26:38 +0000

Well what happens if a god does exist and so does heaven and hell and you chose not to believe and now your stuck in hell? i think thats what your gamboling – Lead the life the way the bible/ other holy books and gods tell you too and get into heaven if it exists and if not then your in black nothingness anyway or – Lead a life full of violence *** drugs and nonbelief and do whatever the hell you want and end up in hell?

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:42:40 +0000

I have had experiences that are proof enough to me that my beliefs are true. I do not downgrade any other religion that believes their is a God and that Jesus died and was resurrected. Other names or languages may be used but I do not downgrade anyone that believes in God.