The update is to answer one, making it explicit that the swords are known fake and you're assuming that the guy won't be able to figure that out, right?
This seems not to be relevant to the original issue, assuming that in the case of a rapture the atheists who are signed up with this service actually do the promised pet care. In any case it doesn't answer my question - if you're saying that beliefs are one thing and delusions are another, and it's okay to bet on beliefs but not on delusions, how do you decide whether something is a belief or a delusion?
The update is to answer one, making it explicit that the swords are known fake and you're assuming that the guy won't be able to figure that out, right?
LCPW: You tell him they're fake and he disagrees, insisting that they are real. Now what?
...This seems not to be relevant to the original issue, assuming that in the case of a rapture the atheists who are signed up with this service actually do the promised pet care. In any case it doesn't answer my question - if you're saying that beliefs are one thing and delusions are another, and it's okay to bet on
http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html
Providing assurance that pets will be provided for in the event of Rapture.
Having thought it over, I'm OK with the ethics of this service.