bcspace wrote:I enjoy playing hearts and other card games. If a restaurant gives out tokens for the slot machines, I play them. But I never gamble.
Hearts is a great game. Have you played the card game "Rage" from the makers of UNO? I think if you like hearts you will like Rage.
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
Drifting wrote:"I have faith that the Church is true" "I am gambling that the Church is true"
Wow.
You know what, Drifting? That's the most profound post I've seen in I don't know how long.
I need to commit this to memory.
Kudos to you for this brand-new perspective, sir (or ma'am)!
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
You are gambling that the Mormon religion is right and that it is the pony in the race that has the best chance of getting you back to live with Heavenly Father.
Okay, I'll bite. I am not gambling that Mormonism is the best pony in the race; it literally is seeing as how it's the only one to be in harmony with the Bible. I am gambling that God exists just as atheists are gambling that God does not exist. I'm in a better position here though because I believe I've "seen" (sensed) part of that hand whereas an atheist does not believe it's possible to get a glimpse of that hand.
You also take a gamble when you offer your 10%, that it will be spent how you think it will be spent.
The money is being spent how I think it should be spent. No gamble there.
So it would seem that my risk is quite minimized. I keep good track of the cards that have been dealt and played.
Thought provoking post! Isn't this the essence of Pascal's wager? Or in other wordstm Pascal's bet of faith? Maybe something different that Mormonism brings to the bet is the claim that emotions and feelings are somehow "evidence" of knowledge? When in reality they are nothing of the kind they are simply feelings.
Thanks,
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Actually Hasa, I think it's even more closely associated to gambling in that Mormons bet on their interpretation of those feelings in spite of any evidence.
It's like they follow the pattern of the people most addicted to horse racing. These people have information like form guides and yet they still bet on the absolute rank outsider because the potential rewards are greater and they "know this time it's gonna win 'cos I have a feeling about it".
A Mormon bets that his/her interpretation of an internal feeling is confirmation that it's okay to ignore evidence from all their other senses.
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
bcspace wrote:Okay, I'll bite. I am not gambling that Mormonism is the best pony in the race; it literally is seeing as how it's the only one to be in harmony with the Bible. I am gambling that God exists just as atheists are gambling that God does not exist. I'm in a better position here though because I believe I've "seen" (sensed) part of that hand whereas an atheist does not believe it's possible to get a glimpse of that hand.
Which god are you betting on for the race? I am assuming Yahwey, but I wasn't sure.
Also, imagine how much egg you'll have on your face if the correct answer was Krishna. Won't you be embarrassed!
The money is being spent how I think it should be spent. No gamble there.
So it would seem that my risk is quite minimized. I keep good track of the cards that have been dealt and played.
But, it never hurts to place a small side bet to cover yourself, in case you're wrong. With that in mind, I have a church that I'm starting (right now) where my god can be satisfied for the price of 40 dollars sent through PayPal. Care to make another wager?
"Joseph Smith was called as a prophet, dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb" -South Park
Definitely. They gamble by running the hamster wheel of Church service for the invisible cheese of eternal progression which may or may not come to pass. They gamble that short engagements and a marriage in the temple immediately will end up in a happy marriage. They gamble further by having children almost immediately, which cements them to these decisions and the Church even further.
And they gamble their marriages,families, and I've heard, careers (in certain areas of the world) if they decide they want out of Mormonism.
However, everything is a gamble in life, with, or without Mormonism. But it seems me the stakes are a lot higher with the Mormon gambles.
I'm just glad they added the Mormon casino in the foothills of Las Vegas to compete with Caesar's.
