  If anyone has similar or great stories, please share.  Views:
748  Reply to This  Replies to This Discussion  Yes, Pascal's
wager, like all the other reasons for believing in gods, can get
you into all sorts of intellectual/cognitive difficulties. Much
simpler to jettison the lot and go with logic. But I understand
Joan's position, too. Some people just don't get it and even if
they do they are incapable of letting go completely - they can't
abide not filling that god shaped hole in the human psyche. It
was tough for me, too, in the beginning. So when people are
resistent I don't push the envelop. In the end it's something
people have to come to themselves and it sometimes involves a
deep internal struggle. We cannot insist. We can only help and
try to show that it is possible to be a good and happy atheist.
Circular reasoning really gives one a headache doesn't it?  Just
play the lottery instead. The odds are infinitely better. LOL,
you summarized it beautifully. I don't even try. If anyone wants
to talk r