Isn't Pascal's Wager an insult to ?

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Pascal's Wager is the idea that it is better to believe "just in case" as opposed to not believing and risking a fate in Hell. As an atheist, I run into this "argument" frequently.

Is <insert deity of choice here> unable to tell the difference between "true believers" and people who believe only because they want to avoid Hell?

Does <insert deity of choice here> not care if someone truly believes or if they are only believing to avoid punishment?

Am I wrong in thinking that Pascal's Wager implies that <insert deity of choice here> either cares so much about worship that it doesn't care why it is being worshiped, and/or so stupid or gullible that it is unable to distinguish between shallow belief to avoid punishment and a deeper belief?

Do believers who use this argument not realize how much they are making their god of choice look like a moron?

P.S.

*drink*

Update:

Mars, if it was something people knew, Pascal's Wager wouldn't be used to try to convince others to believe. Yet it is used. Thus there must be at least a few people who don't know.

Julius O · Accepted Answer

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? · Answer

Tell us something we don't know

EDIT: I mean tell us atheists something we don't know. Not a day goes by when one of us doesn't to come across a Pascals Wager question on here. If the people who post them care to listen to you, then great, but atheists realised this long ago

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Splash Frog · Answer

Pascal was asking for proof, not deities..

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, having someone on your side simply because they are hedging their bets is SO flattering.

Anonymous · Answer

Odin doesn't care if you believe in him or not.  All he cares about is that you die gloriously in combat.

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Isn't Pascal's Wager an insult to <insert deity of choice here>?

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