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Does Pascal's wager contain any logical flaws?
Blaise Pascal's famous wager was that even if the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a rational person should wager as though God exists, because living life accordingly has everything to gain, and nothing to lose. What logical flaws and/or fallacies, if any, are committed in the making of this argument?
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