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    The expected value calculation holds as long as the proba... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The argument from expectation for believing in God succeeds regardless of the specific probability assigned to God's existence

    The expected value calculation holds as long as the probability of God's existence is non-zero and finite (non-infinitesimal)

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    Pascal’s guiding insight is that the argument from expectation goes through equally well whatever your probability for God’s existence is, provided that it is non-zero and finite (non-infinitesimal)—“a chance of gain against a finite number of chances of loss”.[4]

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