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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Pascal's wager
 
NOUN: An argument according to which belief in God is rational whether or not God exists, since falsely believing that God exists leads to no harm whereas falsely believing that God does not exist may lead to eternal damnation.
ETYMOLOGY:After Blaise Pascal.
 
 
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