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Lord, so many words and such far-reaching reflections, when just three would suffice: he believed in God. Your insistence on the word "hypocrisy" could have had one basis – that Pascal was a religious man, which is what I intended to verify. At the moment the post was deleted, I was wondering if you knew this – then honor and praise, or it was simply a misinterpretation of words, actions, and so on. And here is that post, as promised: True, the news turned out to be bad for me =)
Because it turned out that mathematics and faith are compatible, in Pascal's case, which I couldn't even imagine, and that was the only possible meaning of the word "hypocritical." So I was wrong in my interpretation of Pascal's words. But that doesn't mean his words are appropriate. Because his statements and assumptions are equivalent to a child's game, the well-known problem from elementary school, where it was proven that 4 equals 3 or 5, violating mathematical rules.