Doesn’t that assume that their only motivation is to achieve an optimal eternity for themselves? I’d have thought it quite possible to believe both “Surrendering will slightly decrease my chance of ending up in paradise” and “I should surrender”.
I could much more readily believe that Muslims’ readiness to surrender appears greater than one would expect if they really believed that. (For this it isn’t necessary that the expected readiness to surrender be 0.)
Doesn’t that assume that their only motivation is to achieve an optimal eternity for themselves? I’d have thought it quite possible to believe both “Surrendering will slightly decrease my chance of ending up in paradise” and “I should surrender”.
I could much more readily believe that Muslims’ readiness to surrender appears greater than one would expect if they really believed that. (For this it isn’t necessary that the expected readiness to surrender be 0.)