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And therefore it seems to me that even if these two options were absolutely equal, the rational person ought to choose biblical Christianity. That is to say, it seems to me positively irrational to prefer death, futility, and despair to hope, meaningfulness, and happiness. As Pascal said, "we have nothing to lose, and infinity to gain." The cosmic orphan can come home.

It is truth that matters; choosing is irrelevent. The truth will remain the truth regardless of your choice, and the choice is bigger than just atheism or Biblical Christianity. There are a multitude of belief systems.

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It is truth that matters; choosing is irrelevent. The truth will remain the truth regardless of your choice, and the choice is bigger than just atheism or Biblical Christianity. There are a multitude of belief systems.

So it doesn’t matter whether you choose to drive into a brick wall or choose to avoid it? The brick wall is there whether you “choose” to see it or not. The brick wall will “remain the truth,” regardless of your choice. But, come ON! YOU would be very different from choosing the one or the other (i.e. alive versus very dead).

Pascal says that the evidence being equal, you would be wiser to choose belief versus unbelief in Christianity because you have nothing to lose versus everything to gain. But if you choose unbelief, and hell is real, it will be your everlasting “brick wall” to smash into. And the argument is irrefutably true.