I’ll admit it, I went through a “what if I’m wrong” phase. It’s that time when you logically know that the Christian god doesn’t exist, yet you’re still a little scared of Hell. Once I realized that it was Hell I was worried about, the phase was pretty easy to get through. Although I still fall back in to that occasionally.
But how about this? I’ve known for a while the psychology of Christianity preying upon human doubts and needs. But to put it this blatantly.
This church is hoping that you’ve never heard of Pascal’s Wager. Basically it goes like this. If a Christian is wrong and there isn’t a god then they’re dead and they’ve lived a good life. If an atheist is wrong and there is a god then they are going to Hell. With that argument, doesn’t it make sense to play it safe and believe in God?
And I found myself using that argument on myself during my stay in Christianity. Problem is that it’s absurd. It’s questioning “what if there is a god” under the assumption that there’s only one. What if Islam is true and you’ve been praying to Yahweh?
