[chezlaw]

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- if the wager is followed this is not true belief, and you wont get paid off unless God isn't omnicient

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Not only is it not "true belief", but it's not "belief" at all. Nobody can choose their beliefs. I can't start believing that an invisible pink dinosaur lives in my closet because someone says that if I believe that I'll go to heaven.

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The force of the wager is the infinite upside. Think of practising the religon as a form of brainwashing and there is a finite chance that the practice will lead to belief before you die. That keeps the upside infinite.

The infinite upside overcomes any objection that relies on reducing the likelyhood of winning the bet (providing the chance of winning remains finite).

chez