re atheist s views on christianity was re accepting jeesus in your heart soc religion christian in article apr athos rutgers edu trajan cwis unomaha edu stephen mcintyre writes norris athena mit edu writes for example why does the universe exist at all must there be a why to this i ask because of what you also assume about god namely that he just exists with no why to his existence so the question is reversed why can t we assume the universe just exists as you assume god to just exist why must there be a why to the universe whether there is a why or not we have to find it this is pascal s wager if there is no why and we spend our lives searching then we have merely wasted our lives which were meaningless anyway if there is a why and we don t search for it then we have wasted our potentially meaningful lives suppose the universe is billion years old and suppose it lasts another billion years suppose i live to be that is nothing that is so small that it is scary so by searching for the why along with my friends here on earth if nothing else we aren t so scared what if you woke up at a party with no memory and everyone was discussing who the host might be there might not be a host you say i say let s go find him the party s going to be over sometime maybe he ll let us stay because we recognize our own mortality we have to find the why well then buddhism confucianism taoism hinduism judaism zoerasterism shintoism and islam should fit this bit of logic quite nicely all have depth all have enduring values thus all must be true this is a good point but more of a good point for studying religion than ignoring it some christians disagree with me but it is worthwhile to study different religions and philosophies and glean the truth from them to quote of course out of context test everything and keep what is true chris mussack
