Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 correctly believing that God exists may lead to an eternal reward.
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- proper noun religion An argument for
theism maintaining that belief in God poses less risk if God does not exist than does eternaldamnation for theatheist if God does exist.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Blaise Pascal.]
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After French theologian, Blaise Pascal, who formulated the wager
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