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Pascal's Wager is an argument in apologetic philosophy devised by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–62). It posits that humans all bet with their lives either that God exists or that he does not. Based on the assumption that the stakes are infinite if God exists and that there is at least a small probability that God in fact exists, Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas they stand to receive infinite gains (as represented by eternity in Heaven) and avoid infinite losses (eternity in Hell).
Pascal's Wager was based on the idea of the Christian God, though similar arguments have occurred in other religious traditions. The original wager was set out in section 233 of Pascal's posthumously published Pensées ("Thoughts"). These previously unpublished notes were assembled to form an incomplete treatise on Christian apologetics.
Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., often shortened to "Indy", is the title character of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials. The character first appeared in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, to be followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles from 1992 to 1996, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. Alongside the more widely known films and television programs, the character is also featured in novels, comics, video games, and other media. Jones is also featured in the Disney theme park attraction; Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as the Disneyland Paris attraction Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril.
Jones is most famously played by Harrison Ford and has also been portrayed by River Phoenix (as the young Jones in The Last Crusade) and in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles by Corey Carrier, Sean Patrick Flanery, and George Hall. Doug Lee has supplied Jones voice to two LucasArts video games, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, while David Esch supplied his voice to Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and John Armstrong in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.
Today we conclude our unit on Philosophy of Religion and Hank gets a little help from Indiana Jones to explain religious pragmatism and Pascal’s Wager, fideism, and Kierkegaard’s leap to faith. -- “Indiana Jones” © Copyright Walt Disney Studios All other images and video via VideoBlocks or Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ -- Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios Crash Course Philosophy is sponsored by Squarespace. http://www.squarespace.com/crashcourse -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashC... Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCo...
Pascal's Wager is the argument that states that you should believe in God even if there is a strong chance that he might not be real, because the penalty for not believing, namely going to hell, is so undesirable that it is more prudent to take our chances with belief. BLOODY MARY BLOODY MARY BLOODY MARY!!! ATHEIST/LOGIC shirts: http://www.jaclynglenn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Main channel: http://www.youtube.com/Jaclyn Vlog channel: http://www.youtube.com/JaclynVlogs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaclynglenn Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/JaclynGlenn Tumblr: http://jaclynglenn.tumblr.com/ Google +: https://plus.google.com/+JaclynGlenn Instagram: http://instagram.com/jaclynglenn I only accept friends that I know, but this is if you want to follow my pers...
From the Atheist Debates Patreon project (http://tinyurl.com/prnfbx5): A detailed look at Pascal's Wager as originally presented and in its modern, colloquial forms.
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Jake and Julie discuss Pascal's Wager, and Jake learns about the many reasons why Pascal's Wager is not a valid argument. (CC enabled)
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Please consider supporting my work through Patreon here: http://www.patreon.com/DarkMatter2525 If God exists, then why does fiction prevail? Pascal's Wager is still a common argument amongst the majority of theists (who are inexperienced in this discussion). I see it all the time. If you see it, do me a favor and send them this video, which covers one of the possible rebuttals. Royalty-free music used: "Gasba 3 Feat. Patriot" by Ben OThman http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/852985 "Kachkin - People Need People" by Tunguska Electronic Music Society http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/761837 CyberneticPony sent me a suggestion to tackle Pascal's Wager, saying that I should depict a believer arriving in an unexpected heaven. This video is what I came up with, with some additional points of my o...
Professor Castleberry gives a brief lecture on Blaise Pascal and his famous wager about belief in God.
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