The more improbable the claim, the higher the personal commitment we are expected to make on the basis of it, the higher is the standard of evidence that prudent people demand before believing it. Religious leaders demand the highest level of personal commitment, and their claims are often extremely improbable. Zoroaster was rejected everywhere he went, until he converted King Vishtaspa after curing his favourite horse. As religions gain ground, more and more people accept incredible claims, against all their normal everyday practice. However, if he had applied his wager to the articles of faith, he would have been wrong to say that we stand to lose nothing.
Faith flies in the face of scientific method.
Faith abandons everyday rules of thought and prudent risk. Faith ignores normal requirements for evidence. If we follow faith, we stand to lose a great deal. We abandon our reason, our logic, our nature as an enquiring and scientific species. First, we weaken reason by giving priority to emotion, hope or blind acceptance of authority.