You: If I know that someone won the state lottery and I know that my mother has a lottery ticket, I would not know either way whether it was my mother that won. By your reasoning, it is better for me to form an opinion one way or the other about whether my mother won, and since I will be better off if she did win, I might as well believe with all my heart that she did. This seems like a ridiculous way to go about living one's life to me.

Aaron: You would be incorrect in believing that your mother won because it is very unlikely that she did. When faced with a decision, you must choose the most likely possibility.

How do you respond?

  1. Then I choose to not believe in God. Go
  2. That is no help. Go