After Dinner Conversation: Philosophy

Discussion Questions

1. How would you live your life differently if you knew that there was a happy eternity2. According to the story, the services offered by “Gates Of Heaven” increase your chances of successfully passing into a blissful afterlife. If that is so, what price would you pay for their service?3. Assuming that being in the “Gates Of Heaven” facility at the moment would improve your chances of a blissful afterlife, at what point in your life would you want to be admitted to their facility?4. How would knowing that an unplanned death might increase your chances of failing to have a successful afterlife, would you change the way you live your life at all to minimize that risk?5. Are the services offered by “Gates Of Heaven” any different than the argument made in “Pascal’s Bargain?” If you would pay for “Gates Of Heaven’s” service, then why wouldn’t you also go to church?

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