1.
What do we not know with respect to God?
a.
We do not know what he is.
b.
We also do not know his existence, because it is infinite.
2. What is at stake in the wager over God’s existence?
a.
According to Pascal, you would bet your life on something like a coin toss. It could go
either way, but if you win, you will have two lives.
b.
Also, a person’s reason and will are both at stake.
3.
What is the prize if one wins the wager over God’s existence?
a.
Two lives will be the prize if you win the wager.
b.
You will also win everything.
4.
If reason moves you to believe and you still cannot, what is
your task?
a.
You should “reduce your passions” (62).
b.
Do not add on more proofs to believe in God.
5.
According to standard decision theory, how do rational agents
act?
a.
Rational agents “always acts so as to maximize expected utility” (63).
b.
This quote means that rational agents act to make do with whatever they come
across.
6. What is the Many Gods Objection to Pascal’s Wager?
a.
The Many Gods Objection is when “…assumes that there are only two possibilities:
Either there exists a God like the Christian God who rewards believers with infinite
happiness, or there is no God at all. But in fact there are many other possibilities. For
example, there might be a Perverse God who rewards punishing religious believers
with posthumous annihilation” (64).
b.
This quote explains how there may be a different God than the one that Christianity
believes in, and that there could be multiple gods as a matter of fact.
