QUOTE(FallenDreamer @ Aug 23 2006, 03:34 PM)
That was a mathematician, not a philosopher. It was Pascal, and that's Pascal's Wager. But it's flawed anyway, because there isn't just one supposed god, there is an infinite number of possible gods, and thousands upon thousands of religions. Just because christianity is the largest doesn't make it any more right or wrong, which is why this idea fails.
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Oh really? It was a mathematician? I guess I shoulda paid attention in school...
And yes, I do believe that this idea is flawed for the same reasons you said.