h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

If you weighed the consequences of believing in God or not; and decided to believe in him; i daresay that'd not be what's called belief. Or what i understand of it.

As much as i can make guesses about the reactions of God; [i know it's extremly silly, tho] it seems a considerable probability that he'd punish that kind of 'believer' worse than an unbeliever.

Interesting observation AD. In this context, rather than believing in god, an afterlife, etc., one seems to believe that suspending disbelief is a wise gamble.

Faith, on another hand, seems to say: "Anything that seems to disprove the hypothesis must be dismissed out of hand."

My dictionary defines belief as; "confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof."

Thanks for your 2 cents(or 2 pence) AD





YB

Um, how to say this in proper words- Belief is just that. For one to believe in something; it must be currently out of the scope of scientific theory- neither provable nor disprovable.

If you're hysterically fighting things that actually seem to disprove your belief; that too is outside the scope of .belief.

On the other hand, it's mostly not an 'a or b' choice as one sees it shown to be. Mostly if you use your head and don't contradict reality; you'll find a 'c' choice which applies to your spesific needs and doesn't hurt nobody.