What is this called?

[Bertha Venation]

There is a name for this question and I can't remember what it is. (It's "Somebody's Something.&quot It's driving me nuts!

A Christian asks: Wouldn't you rather believe in God and discover that he doesn't exist, or not believe in him and find that he does exist - when it's too late?

Anyone? I'm grasping at straws.

Thanks.

Cross-posted to the Atheism group.

[TM99]

1. It is a variation of Pascal's Wager.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Thank you!

That is it exactly.

[rug]

3. That thought's been around over 2400 years.

Kadmos: Even if by your calculation, Dionysos is no god so what? It would be best for you to lie. Lie so that Semele believes that she gave birth to a god. That way, even we and our whole race, would receive honours.

https://bacchicstage.wordpress.com/euripides/bacchae/

At the end of this play Dionysos sees through the ploy and turns Kadmos and his wife into snakes.

Kadmus: Forgive us, Dionysos! Forgive us. We have treated you unjustly.

Dionysos: This you’ve understood far too late and not when it was important.