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RE: Religious Methodology
March 24, 2014 at 8:08 am
(March 24, 2014 at 8:07 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Flawed reasoning because it ignores the "pot odds". One would also have to include the price of the bet and the value of the prize.

A theist would argue that the prize the bookmaker is offering is not even odds (double the value of your bet) but rather an infinite prize. In which case 5% is damn good odds. I'll happily bet £10 quid into a £100 pot with 25‰ odds.

The problems with Pascals Wager are different. Not least that if God does exist, he probably hates a smartarse.

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Religious Methodology - by FreeTony - March 24, 2014 at 7:54 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by tor - March 24, 2014 at 8:03 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by Jacob(smooth) - March 24, 2014 at 8:07 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by tor - March 24, 2014 at 8:08 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by FreeTony - March 24, 2014 at 8:13 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by Jacob(smooth) - March 24, 2014 at 8:48 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by Neo-Scholastic - March 24, 2014 at 8:30 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by tor - March 24, 2014 at 8:31 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by Esquilax - March 24, 2014 at 8:45 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by tor - March 24, 2014 at 8:48 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by Jacob(smooth) - March 24, 2014 at 8:51 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by tor - March 24, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: Religious Methodology - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 24, 2014 at 10:00 pm
RE: Religious Methodology - by tor - March 24, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: Religious Methodology - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 24, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Religious Methodology - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 24, 2014 at 8:57 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by FreeTony - March 24, 2014 at 9:22 am
RE: Religious Methodology - by Angrboda - March 24, 2014 at 9:28 pm

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