Did Pascal really think about it?
February 24, 2014 at 1:05 am
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2014 at 1:06 am by Psychonaut.)
greetings forum,
I can't help but wonder if old man Blaise just stuck his fingers in his ears and sung loudly whenever a strong argument was put against his wager. Did he ponder that there is a probability of him being completely wrong and there might be a god who will punish him for everything that he believed in?
A god completely different to his dearly held christian beliefs? there is also a probability of a god who would punish people for arbitrary things. I don't see the utility of the argument in light of the fact there are potentially an infinite number (or at least a ridiculously large number) of probable modes of action a possible deity could take.
Sorry if this is more to do with philosophy, I posted it here because it seemed relevant. All of your thoughts will be appreciated.
cheers
edit: Sorry if posting this topic is beating a dead horse,
I haven't read other views on the forum.
I can't help but wonder if old man Blaise just stuck his fingers in his ears and sung loudly whenever a strong argument was put against his wager. Did he ponder that there is a probability of him being completely wrong and there might be a god who will punish him for everything that he believed in?
A god completely different to his dearly held christian beliefs? there is also a probability of a god who would punish people for arbitrary things. I don't see the utility of the argument in light of the fact there are potentially an infinite number (or at least a ridiculously large number) of probable modes of action a possible deity could take.
Sorry if this is more to do with philosophy, I posted it here because it seemed relevant. All of your thoughts will be appreciated.
cheers
edit: Sorry if posting this topic is beating a dead horse,
I haven't read other views on the forum.
