Blaise Pascal, born in 1623, was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and Catholic theologian. He argued that in terms of probability, the greatest wager in life is whether or not to believe in God. He explained that it is better to believe in God because the payoff for believing is infinitely better than disbelieving. If you gain, you gain it all; if you lose, you lose little to nothing.

Let’s look at this chart for reference:

	God exists	God does not exist
You believe in God	infinite gain	finite
You do not believe in God	infinite loss	finite

If God does not exist, whether you believe or do not believe in God, nothing happens after you die. Whatever happened, happened just in this finite world. BUT, if God does exist, your eternal future depends on what you believe.

What’s important about all this is that the wager itself is obviously not fiction; it’s math. It’s about probability and its consequences. Thus, whatever you believe, you need to do flawless research on it! Eternal doom or salvation can be at stake. I end with this – let’s say there’s even a 1% chance God exists, shouldn’t we look into it?