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>>10978978
>t. hasn’t read Pensées
Pascal devoted the entire second half of the book towards explaining Christianity is the only worthy religion.

>>10790240
But Pascal also shows various reasons to believe, and why the Christian religion is so perfect. >>10790177
I ask the question because it reveals the weakness of your God: if one has faith in this God, then he isn’t using skepticism and rationality properly, and he will therefore be punished. But yet he used faith to arrive at the truth! That is, this god does exist. So how can this God punish those who believe the truth?

>>10395189
Pascal’s wagerism isn’t isn’t a belief system. The wager is only the beginning. You’re not a Christian just because you accept the wager. Pascal explicitly addresses this. You have to pray, avoid sin, read the Bible, etc. to improve your faith. You can’t just say “I believe in God” and go about your life as usual. And whoever made this image doesn’t know that Pascal spent half of Penseés explaining why Christianity is the perfect religion. These false misinterpretations really upset me.

>>10243126
Pascal actually defended Christianity, though, and provided the means to improve faith in Penseés.

>>10211182
Read Pascal