The Problem with Pascal's Wager

[Edwardo Piet]

1) Belief is not a choice.

That stance denies existential freedom. I say, everyone is ultimately responsible for how he or she responds to the world. That includes what they believe.

On the contrary:

You do what you do, in any given situation, because of the way you are.
To be ultimately responsible for what you do, you have to be ultimately responsible for the way you are—at least in certain crucial mental respects.
But you cannot be ultimately responsible for the way you are in any respect at all.
So you cannot be ultimately responsible for what you do.

On who's authority?

I'm just referring to the fact that there are an infinite number of conceivable beings that could all give different reasons, some of them could be in favor of belief, others in favor of disbelief, others liking both, others liking neither. And there's no evidence for any of them so they all cancel each other out.

And if we're talking about a reasonable God... there's always the quote from my AF signature.