Memetically, a religion certainly benefits from someone believing that accepting Pascal’s wager is the correct decision. My reply to it would be “which religion?”, since many make largely equivalent claims while also demanding exclusivity, and I assume that God in his infinite mercy understands the bind this puts people in. It also seems to me that accepting Pascal’s wager leads to something like the simulation of belief.
What I meant was that there seems to be a difference between “genuine” belief vs. converting as a result of accepting Pascal’s wager, which seems like a simulation of belief.
The link is a koan; the idea of pretend-believing reminded me of the boy in it.
Memetically, a religion certainly benefits from someone believing that accepting Pascal’s wager is the correct decision. My reply to it would be “which religion?”, since many make largely equivalent claims while also demanding exclusivity, and I assume that God in his infinite mercy understands the bind this puts people in. It also seems to me that accepting Pascal’s wager leads to something like the simulation of belief.
I agree the “which religion,” “which mugger” is very fuzzy. I didn’t understand the simulation of belief or the link though :/
What I meant was that there seems to be a difference between “genuine” belief vs. converting as a result of accepting Pascal’s wager, which seems like a simulation of belief.
The link is a koan; the idea of pretend-believing reminded me of the boy in it.