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> I suppose though with the possibility of eternal damnation and all

Pascal's Wager? Perhaps the way to avoid that eternal damnation is to not worship $DEITY.




That is not Pascal's Wager!

Pascal's Wager is about behaving as if Deity existed even though you're not sure in order to avoid damnation.

Moreover, why do you make Deity a global variable? What if everyone has his or her own's afterlife? If it's global it should probably be a constant anyway, it's one of those things you don't want to mess with…




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