If supposedly you go to hell when you die for not believing in God, but go to heaven for believing in God, you have literally nothing to lose by being religious. If it turns out God is real and you're religious, you go to heaven. If it turns out he's fake, nothing happens and you die as normal. If you're an atheist and it turns out God is real, you're going to hell. Therefore, you have nothing to lose by being religious and everything to lose by being atheist.
I know there is a philosophical term for this but I can't recall it at the moment.
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Pascal's Wager.
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I just can't stand when people accept religion without actually believing only due to fear. I use to be the same way, but now I am become fedorable.
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But which god? [spoiler]praise Talos[/spoiler]
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Problems with that argument: -most Christians (idk about others) do not believe that atheists are doomed to eternal suffering -those who do believe that you have to actually believe in god, like you can't just say "ok I'm going to be religious and go to church every Sunday cause I want to go to heaven" -if it's true, then screw it, I'm not going to worship some god who punishes people for being logical anyway
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the term is "pascal's wager" and it has been disproven for some time now