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To: HangnJudge
21 ...I think mathematics is a wonderful example of God’s work. The Beauty of Mathematics give one a small glimpse into what The Mind of God is. I find this Very Comforting

Per Wikipedia - Pascal's Wager

Pascal's Wager is an argument in philosophy presented by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). It posits that humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not.

Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas he stands to receive infinite gains (as represented by eternity in Heaven) and avoid infinite losses (eternity in Hell).

Pascal's Wager was based on the idea of the Christian God, though similar arguments have occurred in other religious traditions. The original wager was set out in section 233 of Pascal's posthumously published Pensées ("Thoughts"). These previously unpublished notes were assembled to form an incomplete treatise on Christian apologetics.

Historically, Pascal's Wager was groundbreaking because it charted new territory in probability theory, marked the first formal use of decision theory, and anticipated future philosophies such as existentialism, pragmatism and voluntarism.

Believe in God and there is a God = +1
Believe in God and there is no God = 0
Don't believe in God and there is no God = 0
Don't believe in God and there is a God = -1

26 posted on 03/19/2019 11:06:55 AM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: MacNaughton
Pascal's Wager might be amended to include the following:

Believe in God and there is no God = eternity equals zero, but life itself before death has meaning, transcendence, beauty, decency, and glory due to the sublime ideal of Righteousness as presented by the Bible.

36 posted on 03/19/2019 4:17:42 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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