Pascal's Wager

What is Pascal 's Wager? Do you agree that betting on the existence of God is most prudent option? Why? Pascal’s Wager can be briefly summed up as that there is no reason not to believe in God, because you stand to lose nothing by believing in Him. This rational way of thinking about the existence of God is quite interesting. It almost seems to suggest that there can be a half-belief in God. This wager suggests that you’re only interested in the benefits that…

The presence of a sort of tension between faith and reason has been innate to humans since people first started to question what the true purpose of life is. The existence of this separation could be clearly viewed by looking comparing Athens and Jerusalem, with Athens representing truth through reason and philosophy and Jerusalem representing truth through insights of revelation and purity of soul. Therefore, faith and reason have always posed tension by their proximity and their constantly…

Another proof of God is known as the Ontological argument which was thought up by the great St. Anselm. The word ontological means analyzing one’s nature of being and simply asking if it is real. The Ontological argument proofs include: (1) Assume that GCB (greatest consumable being) does not exist in reality, but in the mind alone; (2) Existence in reality is greater than existence in the mind alone; (3) It is possible the GCB exists in reality; (4) In such of a case, GCB would be greater than…

The late 1300s were a period in the Medieval Ages where little physical advancement was achieved by European countries such as and not limited to, Britain. Nevertheless, this generation of people birthed many theological thought processes and debates. The vast majority of these religious topics consisted of a careful consideration of whether the church was necessary for a Christian pursuit of spiritual completeness and purity, which primarily resulted from the steady gaze of the common man upon…

The Investigation into Two Objections to Pascal’s Wager In his essay “Wagering belief: examining two objections to Pascal’s wager,” D. Groothuis (1994) provides two explanations of objections to Pascal’s wager. He first begins to explain the basic structure of Pascal’s wager and then proceeds to critique two objections against it. The first of these examinations is whether Pascal’s guide for invoking belief involve a forced brainwashing. The second is why a theistic belief for salvation may or…

Pascal’s wager is an irrational argument that oversimplifies and does not prove the nature of God. The argument consists of many flaws seen when closely analyzed. His argument is too general and only applies to certain believers. In addition, Pascal’s wager may have been applicable to a time when Christianity was a dominant religion; however, in todays multicultural society this may not be the case. Pascal was a French thinker who contributed to the basis of calculus; given his…

Within the atheist and theist communities, one of the most recognizable and well known claims are that of Blaise Pascal and his “Wager”. Striking within both minds, the concept was decided by induction and probability, that the best approach when it comes the belief of God, it is to believe in them. However, it can come to be understood that such measures may not always be the most valid conclusion due to an infinite amount of variables. The contribution of Pascal is best understood of using…

still assume that a supernatural being exists. Blaise Pascal was one of these individuals, and he also believes that regardless of whether it’s probable or not, it’s in your best interest to believe in the existence of God. This idea is called Pascal’s Wager, and it states that although the odds may be against it, the payoff for believing in God is much more fulfilling than not believing. I for one believe that Pascal is irrational…

philosopher, states through his Wager that if we are unsure of God’s existence, then we should believe in Him rather than risk not believing in Him resulting in harsh consequences. David Hume (1711-1776), an Evidentialist and a Scottish Philosopher, states his skepticism of miracles through his beliefs. While Pascal states to believe in God through his Wager and Hume discusses his disbelief in miracles, both are sufficient and persuasive views. Blaise Pascal states in his Wager that, “God is,…

In Pascal’s Wager, he believes that we should live our lives like God exists because we have nothing to lose from it. If we believe in him and he does exist, we get to go to heaven, and if he does exist and we lived our lives like he doesn’t exist, we go to hell. Pascal thinks we have nothing to lose from believing in God but I think that is one of the things that he is wrong about. If we pretend to believe in God just in case he is real so we can go to heaven, wouldn’t God be able to tell if…