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RE: Pascal's Wager
Your points are well taken. You are very rooted in your beliefs, as am I, and as is Hindi A. I am confident that I have not the ability to open either of your hearts to my God. However, though I fail I argue that this shouldn't assist you in solidifying your beliefs. I would ask that you seek someone much more intelligent in this area then me.
With that said, I consider your comment "what would it take for a Hindu to convert you" and I reflect on it. I firmly believe that nothing would persuade me. Why then would he be persuaded into my religion? I repeat myself: I am not the one to enter into this argument because I don't have the skill set to intelligently speak, but I do hold the personal belief firm in my heart that the power of the word of God, as spoken through a believer, opens the hearts and ears of those that will listen. It is to this end that I would argue that Hindi A would never be able to convert me. His words do not have the same power as God's.
I would like to apologize for my "Research before you comment" statement - it was unfair to you. Maybe a better one would be:
Reflect before you comment - it makes you look smarter
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RE: Pascal's Wager
Research before you comment - it makes you look smarter.
You can "look" smarter all you want. Ultimately, your god is still damning people for not believing in him if, as you say, they've been exposed to some knowledge about him.
You are, as typical, looking at this from the perspective of only your religion. Why would a die hard Hindu want to convert to Christianity? You're saying that because a book written by man says you're damnable for exposure, that a Hindi A is immune to Hell so long as he never comes into contact with Christianity while Hindi B happens to meet a Christian tourist that spouts off at the mouth about Jesus. Now, Hindi B, who was perfectly content before, is going to hell.
Fool please. "Rules" written by man are ignominious at best. If they don't believe, then they don't believe. So just face it, they're going to hell. Your Hindu co-workers. Hell bound. Your Taoist co-workers. Hell bound. And for what? Because an all powerful god with all the ability to make things clear ... chooses not to. Instead, allowing people born into the "wrong faith" to continue down that path.
You talk of exposure to Christianity like all of a sudden a light should turn on and a person will say, "Well, duh, what the hell have I been wasting my time as a Hindu all these years for." Ask yourself this, what would it take for a Hindu to convert you? You take it for granted that someone can become like you but never really consider the implications of what that decision means for them. Everything you must wrestle with to admit that your god may not exist, that if you choose poorly you may go to hell and the persecution you will receive from your current faith for turning on them ... that is what your converts face. And most of them won't do it for the very reason you won't.
Is that a damnable offense?
Reason before you comment - it makes you look smarter.
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