The real problem with Pascal's Wager

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I would say about Pascal's Wager what Bertrand Russell said about the Ontological Argument: It is much easier to see that it is wrong than to understand exactly what is wrong with it.

In case you haven't heard it, the argument is basically like this: God either exists or he doesn't, with some finite probability that he exists. If God exists and you believe, you go to heaven, which is an infinite reward; if God exists and you don't believe, you go to hell, which i...