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Pascal's wager kind of falls apart if you consider possibility that you might not be worshipping the right god. If you pick YHVH but find yourself before the sc
by meepmorp 3y ago
Pascal's wager kind of falls apart if you consider possibility that you might not be worshipping the right god. If you pick YHVH but find yourself before the scale of Maat, you're going to have a bad time.
- JohnFen 3y agoYes. That's the logical problem that, in my view, renders Pascal's Wager invalid to the point of silliness. I also have questions about the assumption that we consciously "choose" what to believe in such a way that we can just decide to switch beliefs. I suspect most people believe whatever they believe because they have been presented with some reasoning or evidence that they find persuasive. Changing beliefs would thus require being more persuaded by different reasoning or evidence, not by deciding to believe differently "just in case".
- cf100clunk 3y agoI note that no comments on the Atheist's Wager have been made here. It seems much more sensible to me than Pascal's Wager.