There are several problems with Pascal’s wager (PW). One of them is the following: If a christian invokes PW to justify belief in the christain god, then what about Allah, the hindu gos, the norse gods, the gods of the greek pantheon, old egyptian gods, or old Sumerian gods? Or any other god in any other religion, past or present, forgotten or remembered? Traditionally, PW is summarised like this, in a 2x2 matrix:
| Christian god exists | Christian god does not exist | |
|---|---|---|
| Believes in the god | Double plus good | Whatever |
| Does not believe in the god | Oh no!  |
Meh |
But considering all the other possibilities, what seemed like no-brainer is in fact reduced to a tiny litte corner of the table with “Oh noes!” spread out all around. So without objective empirical evidence for the existence of a god (any god) to help you pick which one to follow, you are screwed. So with thousands of possible gods, past, present, and future, suddenly the atheist position is not that unattractive, after all.
| ∃ God1 | ∃ God2 | … | ∃ GodN | No gods exist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faith in God1 | Double plus good | Oh no! |
… | Oh no! |
Whatever |
| Faith in God2 | Oh no! |
Double plus good | … | Oh no! |
Whatever |
| … | |||||
| Faith in GodN | Oh no! |
Oh no! |
… | Double plus good | Whatever |
| Atheist | Oh no! |
Oh no! |
… | Oh no! |
Meh |
(The notation “∃ Godn” means “God number n exists”)
Finally, PW promotes fear-based adoption of a random god or religion, not a genuine adoption based on actual faith. Which is rather silly, and goes against the intention, don’t you think?