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How are atheists at playing poker?

Since they won't bet on anything spiritual how does that carry over to gambling? When they bluff what goes through their mind? Do they beleive in "Lady Luck?"Who do they say (internally) "Please don't let that player on the left catch the ace" too?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

1. So then is your faith actually just a 'bet' that God exists? How fascinating and sad.

2. When we bluff, we hope our bluff was convincing enough to chase out our opponents. That's what a bluff is.

3. Do we believe in random chance. Only an idiot doesn't.

4. Who do we say 'please' to in our heads? No one in particular. We just say it. We aren't so credulous as to actually imagine that there's someone somewhere deciding on the outcome of random card drops.

Are you enlightened now?