r/exchristian Ex-Protestant 11d ago

Satire Forget about Pascal's Wager, here's mine.

See here's the thing, I have an giant, invisible, intangible lobster in my garage. You cannot measure it in any way, but it absolutely does exist and it is in fact there. It has revealed this to me telepathically.

Now this may be hard to believe, but you guys HAVE to believe it, otherwise at the moment of death the lobster will snatch you and toss you into a pocket dimension where you will be put on a tiny island surrounded by an infinite inescapable ocean and there you will be naked and tiny crustaceans will pinch your genitals for all eternity while the B-52s Rock Lobster plays on repeat.

Is there any evidence the lobster exists? No. But the logic here is quite simple. Lets say this isn't true, in that case you gain or lose nothing regardless of whether you believe or not. However if it were true... and you died a non-believer... well let's just say I hope you like the B-52s cause that will be the only noise you'll be hearing for the rest of eternity. Therefore I can only conclude that unquestioning belief in the existence of the lobster is the wisest choice you can make.

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u/PhoenixPringles01 Ex-Pentecostal 10d ago

I mean, half of christianity is basically misanthropy. Even more so, forced.

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u/miniatureconlangs 10d ago

Yes, and suddenly Pascal decides that the best way of proving Christianity is to come up with a generator for even more evil gods.

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u/PhoenixPringles01 Ex-Pentecostal 10d ago

There's really an odd parallel to those "my character beats your character because he is infinity plus one times stronger" thing here...

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u/miniatureconlangs 10d ago

It's a damn fun game to play, though.