. If God and an afterlife exist we could face infinite suffering in Hell. Therefore it must be rational to act as though they do exist, however low the probability (above zero), since the resulting sacrifice of pleasure is only finite. P.T.Landsberg,...

Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is the application by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal of decision theory to the belief in God. It was set out in the Pensées, a posthumously published collection of notes made by Pascal towards his unfinished...