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Originally Posted by Remiel @fwellers: With very few exceptions religion wise the consequences of me being wrong about christ are trivial. What about the consequences of you being wrong? Shouldn't you take a second look? Keep in mind I'm not talking about the organized religion of christianity. I'm refering to the God of the bible, Jesus Christ and the fact that Jesus is the way the truth and the life. Salvation is through him alone. | That argument is widely used. There is a term for it, although the name escapes me now. I wanted to call it Occams Razor, but that's not it.
Your argument says that the consequences are far worse if I am wrong and you are right, so it's best to assume you are right.
Sorry I can't go there. It doesn't make sense for me to believe something just because of someones imagined consequences. |
I believe the term you're looking for is
Pascal's Wager:Better to believe than not to believe since the consequences of the former are more appealing than the latter. The false dichotomy fallacy of the wager and the questionable premises are part of the reason it doesn't hold water.