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I don't have the answers for everything, other more knowledgable scholors may be better advised to suit your needs. I have tried to express my opinions and reply to that which i can. I've stated pretty much all the information i have at my immediate knowledge about what i know about God and why i think my beliefs are justified. This is all i can do, for this thread shall not be able to answer whether there is or is not a God. Every individual must make his or her own mind up, regardless of what other people tell you.
So if this is the case, that you don't have immediate answers to the criticisms of views, do you relinquish the train of thought that the more "rational" view is to believe in God? For someone who doesn't have immediate answers to defend their own thoughts and beliefs, you sure know a lot about rationality.

Quote Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue
8. A rational person should believe that the universe has a personal explanation.

10. A rational person should believe that there is a God.
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...the more rational person places his bet on God, realising that serving the Lord serves the self interest, which everyone shares, because there is promise of the afterlife...
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How does a rational gamber place his bets? ... A rational gamber seeks to maximise his/her gains over the long run and tends to place his bets in accordance with what is known now as expected value and is determined by the formula:
Rational wagering is not always in accordance with chance only, or with payoff only, or even with cost only. It is a function of all three.
Eternal life may be a gift, but it can only be given to someone capable of recieving it. The wager is meant to break any tie in evidential considerations between athiesm and theism.
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