A Wise Wager
Blaise Pascal wrote,
“Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.” Blaise Pascal
The above quote is referred to as Pascal’s Wager. Simply put Pascal argues that all people bet with their lives and their eternal resting place that either God exists or he does not.
He argues that the rational person should live as though God exists and to seek to believe in God.
He notes that if God dose actually exist, the believer in God will have lost little in this world. However the reward for believing in God is infinite, eternity in Heaven and everything that entails.
At the same time belief in God means avoiding infinite loss by an eternity in Hell.
However what you believe is up to you. It takes faith to believe in God, even if as Pascal says it is a wise wager.
Please think about it.
Blaise Pascal wrote,
“Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.” Blaise Pascal
The above quote is referred to as Pascal’s Wager. Simply put Pascal argues that all people bet with their lives and their eternal resting place that either God exists or he does not.
He argues that the rational person should live as though God exists and to seek to believe in God.
He notes that if God dose actually exist, the believer in God will have lost little in this world. However the reward for believing in God is infinite, eternity in Heaven and everything that entails.
At the same time belief in God means avoiding infinite loss by an eternity in Hell.
However what you believe is up to you. It takes faith to believe in God, even if as Pascal says it is a wise wager.
Faith defined by the writer of Hebrews is,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
The writer going on to note,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists
and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6
Thus the choice is yours, do you believe in God or not? Are you willing to wager your eternal resting place on what you believe?Please think about it.
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