The Problem with Pascal's Wager

[Neo-Scholastic]

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.

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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.

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So you cannot be ultimately responsible for what you do.

I'm not saying that you are wrong. I am saying that it denies existential freedom. The alternative, as you presented in the Strawson quote, is that people are biological robots. If that is true, then you don't believe the Stawson quote is true because it actually is true; but rather, because you are compelled to feel like it is true. That is a very bleak viewpoint.