I like R Goodall's pluck (The Weekend Sun, April 26). I like his preciseness. His logic needs a bit of work though. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You'd have to prove it doesn't exist to make that definitive statement and even the great Richard Dawkins can't do that in regards to hell.
The even greater seventeenth-century French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal asked how much one was willing to wager on their personal belief in the existence or non-existence of God. Put simply Pascal's wager goes like this;
God is, or God is not. What you believe about it makes no difference, but we all must decide one way or the other (it's not optional).
- Believe God exists and He does - you gain everything.
- Believe God exists and He does not - you lose nothing.
- Believe God does not exist and He does not - you gain nothing
- Believe God does not exist and He does - you lose everything.
A friend once said to me "Eternity is the wrong thing to be wrong about". In this life you only die once. You might want to do a little looking into what's next before that happens. (Personally I'm betting on option 1.)
R Holding, Katikati
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It ain't necessarily so!
Posted on 13-05-2019 10:35 | By R Goodall
Folau needs to read Romans 13:1. In his case it means 'Keep the rules of rugby if you want to be paid and save your sermons for your church.' Then all he needs to worry about is getting a camel through the eye of a needle. I can take care of my afterlife without his advice, whether there is one or not.
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