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npub132vp...m80g 2 years ago
I think Pascal’s wager does have a small (addressable) problem though. The problem is many different religions believe many different gods exist and want you to live your life very differently. Even if you wager that the Christian god exists and lived a Christian life. It’d suck to have a bad afterlife because you ate Pork (sin for Jews and Muslims) or beef( a sin for Hundus). Your wager probability wise was not sound in the first place. At the end of the day it’s just a theory, but there are multitude of different theories to choose from and once you consider that, Pascal’s wager, isn’t that logical.
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MichaelJ buttercat1791@gitcitadel.com 1 year ago
Pascal's Wager is only useful as a starting point. It suggests it's better to act as if God exists. Which God, and what religion? We can use the tools of logic to discern which religion is most likely to be true. Once you've figured out what religion is most likely to be correct, and you've decided that it's worth acting as if God is real, then you begin to live according to the dictates of that religion. If the religious claims are true, then you'd expect to gradually start to see fruits of your faith emerge in your life. Pascal's Wager isn't the end, but it can kickstart a life of faith.
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