People, who have religion in their minds, when they argue with an atheist
What is something they always bring up that you're always like, "AHHHHH."
Well, it depends on what their religious background is...
First of all, not all of them are going to have the same arguments
Some of the common arguments, I think the funniest
The one that we tend to mock the most is called Pascal's Wager
And you seem familiar with it
So it's just this idea of "What if you're wrong."
And
For a person that's raised fundamentalist Christian
This is very compelling
Because they believe in the possibility of hell
That's very stressful for them to think that "I'm wrong I'm going to go to hell."
It's very scary.
But a person who hasn't been raised with hell, when you threaten them with hell
It's kind of like threatening them with the evil head of death is going to come and get you
If you don't do this
And it's like, "Well I don't know what the evil head of death is..."
But I'm not afraid of it
Because no one's ever convinced me that this evil head of death is going to come and get me.
So I don't know why you find that compelling
And the other issue with Pascal's Wager is that there's so many gods
And if you're going to hedge your bets, which god do you hedge your bet with
Because some of them are exclusive
Some of them are jealous and exclusive, so you're screwed if you don't pick the right one
And how often nowadays, let's say when you debate someone's who's religious,
How often do you get that Pascal's Wager?
All the time
They lead with the fear
And then when you say, "Why are you so afraid, why do you lead with this fear?"
They're like, "No, no no, it's about the love."
And then it's like, "Well I don't understand leading with Pascal's Wager
Because that's all about the threat."
If that's your first line
And that's your most compelling argument, then it is all about the fear.
Yeah, that's deep right there.
Well, I've had a lot of time to think about this.
That's true
