Why not believe in God?

[Max_Torque]

@Diogenes the Cynic

The main problem with the Wager is that it’s a classic false dilemma. It falsely presents only two choices when there are actually an infinite number of choices, none of them guranteed to be any safer than another. Forget just choosing the right God, what if there is more than one God? What if you have to believe in 50 gods – and exactly the RIGHT 50 gods – or else you’ll be reincarnetd as a maggot? What if it’s 49 gods? what if it’s a 167? You can literally do this to infinity. Not only does it impose a false choice but it also arbitrarily assumes consequences/rewards for those choices without any basis at all for doing so. What if God wants you to be an atheist? There is no guaranteed safe choice.

As the great philosopher, Homer Simpson, once put it, “What if we picked the wrong religion? Every week, we’re just making God madder and madder!”

[Little_Nemo]

Maybe we need a wager that takes the possibility of guessing wrong into account. Like follow whatever religion your parents believed in. Then if you die and it turns out you were wrong, you at least have somebody you can try to pin the blame on. Or follow whatever religion has the most followers. Then if you die and it turns out you’re going to Hell, you can at least band together and pick on the smaller groups.