Re: The Theory of Poker
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Nevermind how The Theory of Poker relates to your life. Let's see how it relates to your spiritual life. My argument is that poker parallels a spiritual journey much more closely than an atheistic one.
To be successful at poker you have to be humble, have a disregard for money and always do the right thing regardless of the outcome (because ultimately if you do the right thing you will be a winner). If one is a good poker player then over time following all these attributes that a good player possesses he will develop the quality of "absolute fearlessness" on the poker table...
How does this relate to atheism? Atheism is not a system. Certain religions, however, do have a system of organized rules/beliefs to follow ...They teach humility in order to discern your own mistakes and be able to correct them, to disregard the value of money in pursuit of your goals and that absolute fearlessness will result, for example, in the case of the New Testament where Christ exhorts a follower to pick up his cross and follow me...This is essentially an exhortation to be absolutely fearless in following him....
Note: there may be other attributes to be examined, but this is a new thought I am exploring today...please lambast me as gently as possible (lamb bast pun intended...hehe he)
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To win at poker, you must be rational, understand probabilities, take personal responsibility for your actions, and not hope for ridiculous long shots because they make you feel good. Also, you must accept that you have incomplete information and not fill in this gap in this information with a set-in-stone answer, but be astute and humble enough to change your read based on new info or probabilities, even if it means you won't win the hand.
What I've just described is the opposite of religious belief.
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