John von Neumann converted to Catholicism

daily reminder that he went back and censored his old video :^)
thefederalist.com/2017/05/02/bill-nye-censor-transgender-ideology/

dude I agree with you but he was right, that's a shitty way to argue

Reddit hates him too

because they are looking in the mirror and seeing something ugly

>He was of course completely agnostic all his life, and then he suddenly turned Catholic—it doesn't agree with anything whatsoever in his attitude, outlook and thinking when he was healthy.

He only did it because of Pascals wager. You Christians always try to paint yourself as some bastions of reason and intellect but you are just brochure peddlers for the afterlife.

Get fucked.

Feynman was an atheist. What's your point user?

That was Oppie's opinion dude.

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>He only did it because of Pascals wager
Von Neumann can't be that smart if he bought into the Pascal's wager meme. See
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_mugging
>Blaise Pascal is accosted by a mugger who has forgotten his weapon. However, the mugger proposes a deal: the philosopher gives him his wallet, and in exchange the mugger will return twice the amount of money tomorrow. Pascal declines, pointing out that it is unlikely the deal will be honoured. The mugger then continues naming higher rewards, pointing out that even if it is just one chance in 1000 that he will be honourable, it would make sense for Pascal to make a deal for a 2000 times return. Pascal responds that the probability for that high return is even lower than one in 1000. The mugger argues back that for any low probability of being able to pay back a large amount of money (or pure utility) there exists a finite amount that makes it rational to take the bet – and given human fallibility and philosophical scepticism a rational person must admit there is at least some non-zero chance that such a deal would be possible. In one example, the mugger succeeds by promising Pascal 1,000 quadrillion happy days of life. Convinced by the argument, Pascal gives the mugger the wallet.

>example of an intelligent person who found belief in his life
>b-b-but Pascal's wager
>b-b-but he was dying

Is it really so hard to accept the truth that some (operative word being 'some') Christians with genuine faith are indeed significantly above average respect to intelligence? If so, you might want to re-examine the basis of your own disbelief: surely an opinion formed through strictly rational thought isn't threatened by something as trivial as a statistical certainty.