Quite sure?

Question:: 
Are you quite happy that if you're wrong YOUR SOUL IS MINE for eternity?
Atheist Answer: 

What soul? Where is this soul? I've never heard of a message I needed to heed from an "anonymous coward" about giving him/her a soul, explain more. Also, what is it I need to worry about being wrong about? If you're talking about my clothing. I'll agree that the striped pants and the plaid shirt I was wearing the other day were a complete mismatch... I just don't think we should call it "wrong" to wear plaid with stripes.

We seem to have a language barrier, could you try speaking "reality?" Maybe I'd understand better.

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The nature of God

This question assumes much about the nature of God.

First, it assumes God demands our adoration. I realize this is stated in many different forms in many different holy texts, but in that case, which is the real God? Which is the correct holy text?

So, which God?

Secondly, back to the problem of a God that is either so demanding, or so uncertain of Himself, that He needs constant worship: that makes God co-dependent, doesn't it? What kind of God would that be? Ultimately, I feel quite certain that any God that demands worship is not a God worth worshiping. This is independent of any of His other good qualities.

Also, I believe the pursuit of Truth (yes, with the cliche'd capital T) is the most noble of tasks. Any religion that denies both objective truth (such as evolution by natural selection) and natural truths (there's nothing wrong with homosexuality) is fundamentally flawed, and just plain wrong. (If it appears I'm picking on fundamentalist Christianity, I am. The question as phrased betrays a uniquely fundamentalist Christian viewpoint. However, the same arguments hold true for any established religion.)

As every religion around has denied either objective or natural truths at one time or another, the only conclusion is simple: all religions are fundamentally flawed. In fact, as religion tends to reflect the person who holds it dear, independent of objective reading of the holy text on which it's based, it seems religion is a deeply human invention, with no basis for a God capable of determining the dispensation of a soul.

Therefore, by both logically thinking about the nature of a potential God, and by reasoning about the nature of religion itself, I conclude that my soul, should it exist (which it doesn't), is perfectly safe within the walls of my body.

And finally, if I'm wrong and there *is* a God, who's to say there's a Satan? Only a handful of people, near as I can tell. So, my soul isn't yours forever, as you most likely don't even exist.

In the end, I'll bet against Pascal's wager. I'd rather be on the side of rationality.