To believe or not to believe
is it necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values?
Yes
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No
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The problem with pascal's wager is that it ignores there are multiple gods, an infinite amount of possibilities. This makes it such that all religious beliefs carry the possibility of supernatural punishment, not just atheism. Religion is also unnecessary and sometimes counter to 'good morality'. 'Morals and good values' arise by natural processes, one such process could be and probably is the reiterated prisoner dilemma; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Side: No
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God is not perfect. He is just a more powerful version of a human. He can say he is perfect, and persuade people that he is. Since he is more powerful than all of us combined, he can manipulate us and force us into believing that his morality is flawless. But with great technology, humans can achieve the degree of power that god possesses. Side: No
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