The community would benefit from a convention of "no downvotes in Open Thread".
However, I did find your question cryptic; you're dragging into a decision theory problem historical and religious referents that seem to have little to do with it. You need to say more if you really want an answer to the question.
Sure, that's fair.
Peter walked on water out to Jesus because he thought he could; when he looked down and saw the sea, the fell in. As long as he believed Jesus instead of his experience with the sea, he could walk on water.
I don't think the Napoleon story is true, but that's beside the point. He thought he was so tough that an ordinary dose of poison wouldn't kill him, so he took six times the normal dosage. This much gave his system such a shock that the poison was rejected and he lived, thinking to himself, "Damn, I underestimated how incredibly ...
ITT we talk about whatever.