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Originally Posted by abyss_al
Pascal's wager....
'it was proposed by the brilliant mathematician Blaise Pascal, that if you believe in god and god does not exist, then you lose nothing, but if you don't believe and he does exist, you could potentially go to hell. So the smarter thing to do is to believe.'
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There are many flaws in Pascal's wager:
1. "you lose nothing" is false - you lose time and money believing a lie..
2. There is no guarantee that if you believe you will not go to hell, nor is there guarantee that if you don't beleive you will go there
3. Plus, which God does one need to believe in to not go to hell? Turns out there is more than one religion, some with conflicting beliefs, how does one pick the right one?