I think this is true for some people, but not for most people. Religion seems helpful for happiness, health, having a family, etc which are some of the most common terminal goals out there.
This is a good point, although I would argue that the reasons why practicing religion has these advantages is unrelated to it being a case of Pascal’s wager (if we let Pascal’s wager stand for promises of infinite value in general).
I think this is true for some people, but not for most people. Religion seems helpful for happiness, health, having a family, etc which are some of the most common terminal goals out there.
This is a good point, although I would argue that the reasons why practicing religion has these advantages is unrelated to it being a case of Pascal’s wager (if we let Pascal’s wager stand for promises of infinite value in general).