Talk:Pascal's wager

	This Religion related article has been awarded BRONZE status for quality. It's getting there, but could be better with improvement. See RationalWiki:Article rating for more information.

Archives

Best hell for an athiest

If you think about it to punish an atheist for disbelief, God won't send the atheist to hell but to heaven. Highboi♟When the king and the pawn are in the same box♚ 12:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

"God Bro listen, I'm like an athiest so I kinda like super hate you and everything and love satan y'know? So like wouldnt my best hell be just if you let me through those super scary looking golden gates over there? Rockin' dude!" Stingraey (talk) 14:34, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

https://youtu.be/iAJAQenJeKI Highboi♟When the king and the pawn are in the same box♚ 15:57, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

So, is this arguing in favour of that Pasqual's' wager nonsense? Or not?Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 16:48, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

It's more of a parody. Highboi♟When the king and the pawn are in the same box♚ 18:23, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Outcomes 3 & 4

I don't think that Pascal makes the case that:

1. If you believe in God and God does not exist, you will not be rewarded: thus a finite loss.
2. If you do not believe in God and God does not exist, you will not be rewarded, but you have lived your own life: thus a finite gain.

He writes:

Now what harm will befall you in taking this side? You will be faithful, honest, humble, grateful, generous, a sincere friend, truthful. Certainly you will not have those poisonous pleasures, glory and luxury; but will you not have others? I will tell you that you will thereby gain in this life, and that, at each step you take on this road, you will see so great certainty of gain, so much nothingness in what you risk, that you will at last recognize that you have wagered for something certain and infinite, for which you have given nothing.

Therefore, to more accurately summarize Pascal's argument, outcome 3 should not be described as a loss, not even an insignificant or finite loss, and outcome 4 should not be described as a gain, not even an insignificant or finite gain.YXTQWF_climbThe^Stairs 17:35, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Can someone help me with properly setting up the archives?

I've set everything up, the only thing that's not working is the fact that it says that there aren't any archives, even though there are. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 03:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)