Re: Question for Atheists

Pascal's Wager
Quote: "Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is.
Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you
lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is."
[Blaise Pascal, Pensées, Infini-Rien]

Pascal's Wager is an attempt to justify belief in God not with an
appeal to evidence for his existence but rather with an appeal to
self-interest. It is in our interests to believe in the God of
Christianity, the argument suggests, and it is therefore rational for
us to do so.

Athiests know nothing on Pot Odds.

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