Pascal 1. The “wager” Pascal is referring to concerning the existence of the Judaeo-Christian God and how we must wager up for or against his existence.
2. Pascal wants you to bet on the existence of God, rather on betting on his non-existence.
3. In Pascal’s perspective, if the believer is right and the unbeliever is wrong, the unbeliever will spend an eternity in hell, and the believer gets eternal life. Consequently, if the unbeliever is right and the believer is wrong, then the unbeliever has nothing to lose either way since per the atheistic view it is probable that there isn’t life after death.
4. The argument Pascal is setting up here is the argument of Hypothetical Syllogism if p then q; if q then r; therefore, if p then
2. Pascal wants you to bet on the existence of God, rather on betting on his non-existence.
3. In Pascal’s perspective, if the believer is right and the unbeliever is wrong, the unbeliever will spend an eternity in hell, and the believer gets eternal life. Consequently, if the unbeliever is right and the believer is wrong, then the unbeliever has nothing to lose either way since per the atheistic view it is probable that there isn’t life after death.
4. The argument Pascal is setting up here is the argument of Hypothetical Syllogism if p then q; if q then r; therefore, if p then