Reading Questions for Pascal’s Wager

As you read the lesson on Pascal’s Wager, use the following questions to guide you. You won’t be asked to turn in your answers to these questions, but these questions, or questions very similar to them, may appear on a quiz – and you will be allowed to use your notes, including your answers to these questions, on the quiz.

1) Does Pascal think that we have good arguments to believe that God does, in fact, exist?

2) Does Pascal think that someone who believes in God is bound to be happier, in this life, than someone who doesn’t believe in God, whether or not God exists?

3) Does Pascal think that we should believe in God?

4) Does Pascal think that it doesn’t matter why you believe in God, as long as you do believe in God?

5) How would you explain Pascal’s Wager, in your own words?

6) What are the problems with Pascal’s Wager?

Let’s take a look at Pascal.