What’s so special about this? If you’re wrong about religion you get to avoidably burn in hell too, in a more literal sense. That does not (and cannot) automatically change your mind about religion, or get you to invest years in the study of all possible religions, in case one of them happens to be true.
As Lumifer said, nothing. Even if I were wrong about that, your general position would still be wrong, and nothing in particular would follow.
I notice though that you did not deny the accusation, and most people would deny having a cult leader, which suggests that you are in fact curi. And if you are not, there is not much to be wrong about. Having a cult leader is a vague idea and does not have a “definitely yes” or “definitely no” answer, but your comment exactly matches everything I would want to call having a cult leader.
“He is by far the best thinker I have ever encountered. ”
That is either because you are curi, and incapable of noticing someone more intelligent than yourself, or because curi is your cult leader.
What if you are wrong? What then?
The interesting thing is that the answer is “nothing”. Nothing at all.
Or maybe the answer is that progress can be slow.
If you’re wrong you get to avoidably burn in hell. Your life is at stake, which you call “nothing”.
Are you really going to argue for Pascal’s Wager here?
Tell me which single hell you think you’re avoiding and I’ll point out a few others in which you will end up.
What’s so special about this? If you’re wrong about religion you get to avoidably burn in hell too, in a more literal sense. That does not (and cannot) automatically change your mind about religion, or get you to invest years in the study of all possible religions, in case one of them happens to be true.
I didn’t say it was special, I said his answer (“nothing”) is mistaken. The non-specialness actually makes his wrong answer more appalling.
As Lumifer said, nothing. Even if I were wrong about that, your general position would still be wrong, and nothing in particular would follow.
I notice though that you did not deny the accusation, and most people would deny having a cult leader, which suggests that you are in fact curi. And if you are not, there is not much to be wrong about. Having a cult leader is a vague idea and does not have a “definitely yes” or “definitely no” answer, but your comment exactly matches everything I would want to call having a cult leader.