Pascal’s Gambit

Otherwise known as Pascal’s Wager.

Blaise Pascal, a seventeenth-century philosopher and Christian, devised a logical reasoned argument which followed these lines:

1. Either God is, or God ‘is not’.
2. The existence of a God cannot ever be fully proved or disproved through reason or science.
3. Everyone must choose whether to live as if there is or isn’t a God.
4. You must wager.
5. The gain and loss of living for God: If he is, you gain everything. If he isn’t, you lose nothing.
6. Therefore, live as if there is a God.

He used some longer words and more weighty sentences, but the basics of ‘Pascal’s Gambit’ are there presented to you.

Here is my question:

Was Blaise Pascal correct biblically speaking?

By this I do not mean ‘Is there a God?’

I do mean: is believing in God the logical thing to do; the ‘safe bet’ biblically speaking?

Before casting your vote have a glance at 1 Corinthians 15 and especially verse 19.

It’s a tough question to ask. Please have a think, and cast you vote in my open poll.