No one pointed this out but Muslims consider Christians to be people of the Book and allow them to go to heaven assuming they are good Christians.
Further, Hindu and Buddhists believe in reincarnation and believe that if one is a good Christian one will become reincarnated possibly as a Hindu or Buddhist next time around so it is safe to ignore them in calculating Pascals wager. Also, the Hindu’s have a claim that Christians, Islam, and Judaism all worship the Hindu Brahmam.
Catholics also since Vatican II believe that it is possible for everyone that is not Catholic to go to heaven and in particular accept most other Christian baptisms as being valid.
If one were to look at pascals wager from a strict perspective of what each religion believes about other religions going to Hell or Heaven then one would be left with only a relatively few possible choices such that believing in one of them will send you to hell from the others perspective. If one further considers as evidence the number of believers (or other religions) that allow one the possibility to reach heaven then the groups with the most evidence would be some ultra-conservative evangelical group that thinks that all Catholics and mainstream Protestants are going to Hell but are part of a greater communion that is recognized by the Catholic Church, so like the Westboro Baptist if that group were actually Baptist.
Pascal’s Wager seems like a poor way to choose a religion if one is more concerned with what is actually true. It is also a poor way to choose a religion if one actually believes that God hears and answers prayers. I am highly biased on this point though and claim additional information.
No one pointed this out but Muslims consider Christians to be people of the Book and allow them to go to heaven assuming they are good Christians.
Further, Hindu and Buddhists believe in reincarnation and believe that if one is a good Christian one will become reincarnated possibly as a Hindu or Buddhist next time around so it is safe to ignore them in calculating Pascals wager. Also, the Hindu’s have a claim that Christians, Islam, and Judaism all worship the Hindu Brahmam.
Catholics also since Vatican II believe that it is possible for everyone that is not Catholic to go to heaven and in particular accept most other Christian baptisms as being valid.
If one were to look at pascals wager from a strict perspective of what each religion believes about other religions going to Hell or Heaven then one would be left with only a relatively few possible choices such that believing in one of them will send you to hell from the others perspective. If one further considers as evidence the number of believers (or other religions) that allow one the possibility to reach heaven then the groups with the most evidence would be some ultra-conservative evangelical group that thinks that all Catholics and mainstream Protestants are going to Hell but are part of a greater communion that is recognized by the Catholic Church, so like the Westboro Baptist if that group were actually Baptist.
Pascal’s Wager seems like a poor way to choose a religion if one is more concerned with what is actually true. It is also a poor way to choose a religion if one actually believes that God hears and answers prayers. I am highly biased on this point though and claim additional information.