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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Pascal's wager
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Date: Fri, 30-Dec-83 19:44:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 30 19:44:41 1983
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Pascal's wager reminds me (although I'm not sure why) of a story from my early
childhood.  When I was four years old I lived in Ft. Worth, Texas.  My family
went to the Unitarian Church, I attended nursery school at the Jewish Community
Center, and many of my playmates were (as one would expect in Ft. Worth) from
fundamentalist families.  I'm told that I once said to my mother, "Mom, I know
that you and Dad would like for me to be a Unitarian when I grow up, the ladies
at nursery school would like for me to be a Jew, and Mitch [my best friend]
would like for me to be a Baptist;  I think I'll be a Baptist, because Hell is
so exciting!"

(In case you're curious, I turned out to be None of the Above.)
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Prentiss Riddle
("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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