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Paschal's Wager re-formulated mathematically: why being Christian is Rational.
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RE: Paschal's Wager re-formulated mathematically: why being Christian is Rational.
(July 25, 2023 at 6:46 am)Nishant Xavier Wrote: Will be back after work to respond in more detail later on, but for those of who you know the Mathematical Theory of Expected Value, you know that the argument works when the Reward is extremely high, as Eternal Reward, unless in fact the risk outweighs the reward and the probability is exceeding low.

Let me explain Expected Value with an example. You have a 50% chance of gain $100, but a 50% chance of losing only $50 in a game. Would you play? Maths says you should, as Expected Value is positive.

1. Expected Value is

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LOL. He just wanted to find a way to list all his miracles. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. There are no "scientifically documented" Eucharistic miracles. 
They never proved the cracker was really Jesus. LOL. They never even attempted to prove correlation.
All the others have no evidence for them. None at all. You're selling snake oil. 
No one gives a shit about your wager. It's unnecessary. All we have to do to go to heaven (according to your cult) is live according to our consciences. 
Stop wasting our time. You're implying alll we have to do is turn around on a dime and say we believe. Pretty fucking stupid god ya got there. You're saying he wouldn't know if we jusr *say* we believe, and the implication of all this shit, is that YOU know nothing about faith, it's psychology, meaning and value to real people of faith. You're nothing but a poseur trying to impress us somehow. You failed. You think faith is about mathematics. LMFAO. What an ignorant selfish insular fool.  
LOL

Illusory truth effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect

There were thousands at Fatima who claimed they saw the sun dance.
Mass hysteria is a thing.
Have you any idea what that would mean in cosmology ?
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell  Popcorn

Militant Atheist Commie Evolutionist 
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RE: Paschal's Wager re-formulated mathematically: why being Christian is Rational. - by Bucky Ball - July 25, 2023 at 11:18 am

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