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Blaise Pascal couldn't see the forest from the trees.
The concept of such a wager has no Biblical foundation. Nowhere in the Bible are any people expected to guess as to God's existence or will; rather, God reveals Himself to them, at times with great miracles authenticating Himself as the all-powerful [[Jehovah]], but in all cases through both His creation and His Word, the latter of which provides explicit commands which the people are to obey. God's people, elected and predestined to salvation before the foundation of the world, respond to the revealed Word, and they are saved by [[grace]] through [[faith]], with the [[Holy Spirit]] bearing witness from within that they have been justified. There is no [[gambling]] involved.
The concept of such a wager has no Biblical foundation. Nowhere in the Bible are any people expected to guess as to God's existence or will; rather, God reveals Himself to them, at times with great miracles authenticating Himself as the all-powerful [[Jehovah]], but in all cases through both His creation and His Word, the latter of which provides explicit commands which the people are to obey. God's people, elected and predestined to salvation before the foundation of the world, respond to the revealed Word, and they are saved by [[grace]] through [[faith]], with the [[Holy Spirit]] bearing witness from within that they have been justified. There is no [[gambling]] involved.
==Logically invalid==
Even if an individual took up Pascal's Wager, and even if he removed the obvious truth of the Christian God from the equation, the wager would be an idiotic one- most religions (including Christianity, if one is Catholic) penalizes the belief in the wrong deity more severely than the belief of no deity at all. There are many more than two religions that follow this example. By taking Pascal's Wager, even from a purely liberal and atheistic point of view, one would be wagering ones' soul against very bad odds, particularly since he would almost certainly not sincerely repent to whichever God he chose before death, due to the belief being purely selfish.
== See also ==
== See also ==