[MD] Wanted: A proper foundation

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ham]
... but it's more reasonable than a life cut off from reality except 
for  experience and whose only purpose in the world is to survive in 
relative comfort for an allotted time period.

[Arlo]
Ah yes, far better is the purpose that we are here to satiate the ego 
of a vain and insecure Source, who's Superiority is only marred by 
his need to be adored. Yeah, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. 
But of course, what good is a King without peons to marvel at His Splendor?

So I am curious. Other than gushing adoration onto this insecure 
Primary Source, what "purpose" do our lives have?

[Ham]
I leave you with the stakes as Pascal saw them: 'Let us weigh the 
gain and loss in choosing 'heads' that God is.  Let us weigh the two 
cases: if you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose 
nothing.  Wager then unhesitatingly that He is'."  One doesn't have 
to subscribe to a deity to consider that a reasonable bet.

[Arlo]
Which God? Or any God? Should I hedge my bets and believe in them 
all? I mean, what if Odin is sitting up there all pissed off and 
angry that some worship that fictional and false god "yahweh"? Do you 
want to take that chance? What do I "gain" by worshipping the 
Christian god when Odin the real God?

And what if the "Islamofascists" are right? They've wagered that "he 
is", is that a good thing? Or is the only God that we are to wager on 
the God who seems to accept the whole "freedom of religion" thing?

Dear Goddess, what if the Scientologists are right and "that 75 
million years ago an evil galactic ruler, named Xenu, solved 
overpopulation by bringing trillions of people to Earth in DC-8 space 
planes, stacking them around volcanoes and nuking them. Then the 
souls of these dead space aliens were captured and boxed up and taken 
to cinemas where they were shown films of what life should be like, 
false ideas containing God, the devil and Christ and told to get ill. 
After that they supposedly clustered together and now inhabit our 
bodies"? What do I gain by "wagering" that that story is true?

And if you say "any god, all that matters is that you believe in 
one", well... I have some follow-ups to that I'll hold off on until I 
get your answer.