Pascal's Wager

Question 1

What are the four possibilities of results when you make a wager?

Answer 1

1) You believe and there is a God
2) You believe and there isn’t a God
3) You don’t believe and there is a God
4) You don’t believe, and there isn’t a God

Question 2

What religion does Pascal say is the only one that makes sense? Why?

Answer 2

Roman Catholicism; all others are demonstratively wrong.

Question 3

True or False: Pascal supports Christianity.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What happens if you believe in God, and there is a God?

Answer 4

You gain everything, heaven, etc. Also the eternal good.

Question 5

What occurs if you DON’T believe, and there is a God?

Answer 5

You lose everything and go to hell.

Question 6

If you believe in God and there isn’t a God, do you lose a significant amount?

Answer 6

No, barely anything (-10).

Question 7

If you don’t believe in God, and there isn’t a God, is your gain remarkable?

Answer 7

No, just +10 because you have acquired some truths.

Question 8

Overall, why is it in our best interest to believe in God?

Answer 8

Because if we don’t, we are risking suffering the loss of the greatest good and also risking being in hell, when in believing you either receive everything or lose very little.

Question 9

True or False: Pascal says that you have to wager.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What is meant by the phrase “fake it until you make it”?

Answer 10

After you start going to church a certain amount of times, you will WANT to go to church, and then you’ll have the kind of belief that God wants you to have.

Question 11

What is Pascal’s main message in the wager?

Answer 11

That it is in our best interest to believe in God