Blaise Pascal's essay "The Wager" and three well-known objections to it.
Date Submitted: 08/12/2001 16:56:40
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 4 pages (1076 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 4 pages (1076 words)
Blaise Pascal's "The Wager" is not an argument for the existence of God but rather an argument as to why one should believe in the Christian God. It may seem like a good idea but in my opinion Pascal fails to make a valid argument. In the following essay I will present a summary of "The Wager" and present a few explanations as to why I think it is not a good idea to take …
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…adds countless more columns and rows to the possibility matrix. Lastly I showed that even if an unbeliever believed in the Christian God and he actually existed that he still wouldn't go to heaven because everything he believes is out of a fear of going to hell and God would see that as selfish. Although I can't tell you what the best bet is, I can tell you that wagering on God is not it.
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