Yes. It's called capitalism.
One example of many.
Exactly how is it immoral or illogical? If you accept the premises of the argument, it's perfectly logical.
Pascal's wager is absurd and immoral. It is absurd because the original proposition can be anything. For example,
1. If you believe that there is an elf that lives under the Washington monument you will be infinitely rewarded.
2. If proposition one is true and you believe, you will be infinitely rewarded.
3. If proposition one is false and you believe , nothing bad will happen to you.
4. Therefore, it is best to believe that there is an elf that lives beneath the Washington monument.
Pascal's wager is immoral because it bases one's faith in God solely on greed and not love. It is also immoral because Pascal implies that self benefit is more important than the truth ( and isn't God equivalent to truth?)…………
I have never understood why faith is considered essential for morality. Suppose I am a child and live with my brother. Upstairs is a room that is locked and no sound comes from it. My brother tells me that I should have faith that our father is alive and lives in that room.Everyday criminals break in, steal our stuff and beat us up. My brother tells me that I should have faith that our father loves us and is not leaving the room to help us because its in our best interest, its just that we don't know why he doesn't leave the room or say anything. After ten years Dad comes out of the room and says to my brother, " Both of you are good people. However I only love you because you had faith that I existed but your brother will be tortured for eternity because he had doubts that I was in the room."
I can see why knowing the truth is a good thing. However, it has nothing to do ( in my opinion) with being a good person. For example, suppose one knows the truth about Jesus and so refrains from sin because he wants to avoid hell and/or have the rewards of heaven. Is that person good? I say no, because it is similar to a gangster that refrains from crime when the cops are around. If one knows the truth ( that God is omniscient) and refrains from sin because of a fear of hell, that person is not necessarily good. Faith ( in my opinion) has nothing to do with morality.
Yes, one should seek God. And God is the source of goodness. However, I still do not see how faith and being worthy of going into heaven are related.
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