[conservative_crusader]

"Furthermore, if one finds Pascal's wager to be convincing, one must by the same logic also believe in Zeus, Thor, Ra, Huitzilopochtli, the Great Green Arkleseizure, etc. After all, if one wrongly fails to believe in any of these, the consequences may be dire, whereas if one wrongly believes in any of them, there is no consequence."

I don't "have" to believe anything. You seem to be forgetting the concept of free will. The bible says "Thou shalt have no other god before me." God of course is the one speaking.If I believe in God in this since not only do I not believe in Zeus, Thor, Ra, Huitzilpochtli, and the Great Green Arkleseizure, I refuse them as a matter of my faith.

[js1138]

I refuse them as a matter of my faith.

But your soul remains in peril. There are far more gods and religions that you disbelieve than ones that you believe in. Your odds are pretty low that you happened to be born in exactly the right time and place to be taught the right one.

[stremba]

I agree that you don't have to believe in anything. But if you use the logic of Pascal's wager to argue in favor of a belief in God, the same logic applies to any other deity. That was my point.