https://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&feed=atom&action=historyPascal's Wager - Revision history2024-03-29T00:49:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.1https://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=2940&oldid=prevSysop at 15:28, 10 November 20202020-11-10T15:28:11Z<p></p>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=2934&oldid=prevSysop at 12:56, 29 July 20202020-07-29T12:56:07Z<p></p>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=2890&oldid=prevSysop at 20:39, 13 April 20202020-04-13T20:39:28Z<p></p>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=2299&oldid=prevSysop at 03:54, 10 May 20182018-05-10T03:54:54Z<p></p>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=1737&oldid=prevSysop at 00:50, 1 October 20172017-10-01T00:50:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inauthentic Belief.'''  If you only believe because of Pascal’s Wager, then your religious devotion is no more meaningful that any other fire insurance payment. An all-knowing God will realize that you’re only paying him lip service, and just putting up a front to win a big payout later. Pascal’s Wager is insufficient to “save” anyone, because it requires you to live a lie, and in turn, lie to God himself.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inauthentic Belief.'''  If you only believe because of Pascal’s Wager, then your religious devotion is no more meaningful that any other fire insurance payment. An all-knowing God will realize that you’re only paying him lip service, and just putting up a front to win a big payout later. Pascal’s Wager is insufficient to “save” anyone, because it requires you to live a lie, and in turn, lie to God himself.</div></td></tr>
</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=954&oldid=prevSysop at 10:45, 5 May 20172017-05-05T10:45:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inconsistent Revelations.''' Many of the world’s religions independently developed their own version of Pascal’s Wager. By replacing the word “God” with “Ra,” “Odin,” or “Zeus,” then Pascal’s Wager becomes an equally valid argument for worshiping any of those gods. Pascal’s Wager requires the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori ''a priori''] assumption that you’ve selected the correct god. If the Old Testament prophets really screwed up, and it turns out that Ba’al is the Lord, then even the saints are damned. Pascal’s Wager can even be used to ''disprove'' the need for religion. If there is no God, or if God does not reward belief (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism dystheism]), then religion is a huge waste of time and resources. <br/><br/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inconsistent Revelations.''' Many of the world’s religions independently developed their own version of Pascal’s Wager. By replacing the word “God” with “Ra,” “Odin,” or “Zeus,” then Pascal’s Wager becomes an equally valid argument for worshiping any of those gods. Pascal’s Wager requires the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori ''a priori''] assumption that you’ve selected the correct god. If the Old Testament prophets really screwed up, and it turns out that Ba’al is the Lord, then even the saints are damned. Pascal’s Wager can even be used to ''disprove'' the need for religion. If there is no God, or if God does not reward belief (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism dystheism]), then religion is a huge waste of time and resources. <br/><br/></div></td></tr>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=953&oldid=prevSysop at 10:22, 4 May 20172017-05-04T10:22:32Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Pascal’s Wager was never intended to prove God’s existence.''' ''Pascal’s Wager is just an argument for going to church.'' Even then, it never actually solves or answers anything -- it just changes the question from “why?” to “why not?” Admittedly, this is a problem concerning the popular use of this argument, and not a flaw in the argument itself, but this problem appears frequently.<br/><br/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Pascal’s Wager was never intended to prove God’s existence.''' ''Pascal’s Wager is just an argument for going to church.'' Even then, it never actually solves or answers anything -- it just changes the question from “why?” to “why not?” Admittedly, this is a problem concerning the popular use of this argument, and not a flaw in the argument itself, but this problem appears frequently.<br/><br/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inconsistent Revelations.''' Many of the world’s religions independently developed their own version of Pascal’s Wager. By replacing the word “God” with “Ra,” “Odin,” or “Zeus,” then Pascal’s Wager becomes an equally valid argument for worshiping any of those gods. Pascal’s Wager requires the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori ''a priori''] assumption that you’ve selected the correct god. If the Old Testament prophets really screwed up, and it turns out that Ba’al is the Lord, then even the saints are damned. Pascal’s Wager can even be used to ''disprove'' the need for religion. If there is no God, or if God does not reward belief (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism dystheism]), then religion is a huge waste of time and resources. <br/><br/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inconsistent Revelations.''' Many of the world’s religions independently developed their own version of Pascal’s Wager. By replacing the word “God” with “Ra,” “Odin,” or “Zeus,” then Pascal’s Wager becomes an equally valid argument for worshiping any of those gods. Pascal’s Wager requires the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori ''a priori''] assumption that you’ve selected the correct god. If the Old Testament prophets really screwed up, and it turns out that Ba’al is the Lord, then even the saints are damned. Pascal’s Wager can even be used to ''disprove'' the need for religion. If there is no God, or if God does not reward belief (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism dystheism]), then religion is a huge waste of time and resources. <br/><br/></div></td></tr>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=822&oldid=prevSysop at 01:19, 22 April 20172017-04-22T01:19:32Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, there are three crippling problems with this argument:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, there are three crippling problems with this argument:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Pascal’s Wager was never intended to prove God’s existence.''' ''Pascal’s Wager is just an argument for going to church.'' Even then, it never actually solves or answers anything -- it just changes the question from “why?” to “why not?” <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br/><br/></del>Admittedly, this is a problem concerning the popular use of this argument, and not a flaw in the argument itself, but this problem appears frequently.<br/><br/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Pascal’s Wager was never intended to prove God’s existence.''' ''Pascal’s Wager is just an argument for going to church.'' Even then, it never actually solves or answers anything -- it just changes the question from “why?” to “why not?” Admittedly, this is a problem concerning the popular use of this argument, and not a flaw in the argument itself, but this problem appears frequently.<br/><br/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inauthentic Belief.'''  If you only believe because of Pascal’s Wager, an all-knowing God will realize that you’re only paying him lip service, and just putting up a front to win a big payout later. Pascal’s Wager is insufficient to “save” anyone, because it requires you to live a lie, and in turn, lie to God himself.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inauthentic Belief.'''  If you only believe because of Pascal’s Wager, an all-knowing God will realize that you’re only paying him lip service, and just putting up a front to win a big payout later. Pascal’s Wager is insufficient to “save” anyone, because it requires you to live a lie, and in turn, lie to God himself.</div></td></tr>
</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=821&oldid=prevSysop at 01:17, 22 April 20172017-04-22T01:17:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, there are three crippling problems with this argument:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, there are three crippling problems with this argument:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inconsistent Revelations.''' Many of the world’s religions <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">have </del>independently developed their own version of Pascal’s Wager. By replacing the word “God” with “Ra,” “Odin,” or “Zeus,” then Pascal’s Wager becomes an equally valid argument for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worship of </del>any of those gods. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </del>Pascal’s Wager <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only holds true under </del>the a priori assumption that you’ve selected the correct <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">God. If you’re worshiping the “wrong” </del>god<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, every week you’re just making the “real” god madder and madder</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>If the Old Testament prophets really screwed up, and it turns out that Ba’al is the Lord, then even the saints are damned.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del><br/><br/>As such, Pascal’s Wager can be equally used to disprove the need for religion. If there is no God, or if <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he </del>does not reward belief (e.g., dystheism) then religion is a huge waste of time and resources. <br/><br/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#'''Argument from Inconsistent Revelations.''' Many of the world’s religions independently developed their own version of Pascal’s Wager. By replacing the word “God” with “Ra,” “Odin,” or “Zeus,” then Pascal’s Wager becomes an equally valid argument for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worshiping </ins>any of those gods. Pascal’s Wager <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requires </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori ''</ins>a priori<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''] </ins>assumption that you’ve selected the correct god. If the Old Testament prophets really screwed up, and it turns out that Ba’al is the Lord, then even the saints are damned.<br/><br/>As such, Pascal’s Wager can be equally used to disprove the need for religion. If there is no God, or if <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">God </ins>does not reward belief (e.g., <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism </ins>dystheism<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>then religion is a huge waste of time and resources. <br/><br/></div></td></tr>
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</table>Sysophttps://www.smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=Pascal%27s_Wager&diff=788&oldid=prevSysop at 22:52, 21 April 20172017-04-21T22:52:24Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal Pascal]’s Wager uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory game theory] to demonstrate that people should believe in God, because it offers the best [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">93benefit_analysiscost</del>-to-benefit ratio]. The argument is summarized in the table below:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal Pascal]’s Wager uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory game theory] to demonstrate that people should believe in God, because it offers the best [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">93benefit_analysis cost</ins>-to-benefit ratio]. The argument is summarized in the table below:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| class="wikitable"  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| class="wikitable"  </div></td></tr>
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