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[[Yes, I don’t need this. I am not interested in what I get when I die.]]

I don;t understand htis- why, if there were the real possibility, that God is who He says He is, and htere is indeed a heaven and hell- which will both be eternal, and hell is eternal suffering, woudl you gamble on your life beign nothign but energy with no soul? I just don’t get it. The risk of eternal damnation is simply too great to gamble in my opinion. When life is over, there’s no chance to say “Whoops- Maybe I was wrong”-

IF it turns out htere’s no God- then when I die, I’ve lsot absolutely nothign by believing- IF however, there is a God, then I’ve not risked eternity in hell by not bel;ieving (And let me just state quickly, that we who accept Salvation find God to be true to His word, real, and personally itnerested and active in our lives- so I am speakign fro mexperience here when I state I know God to be real- I know you find it hard to beleive peopel can know God personally, because you feel He doesn’t exist,, but htere it is- one gets to know God is real when one puts their trust in Him, and not until- one can suspect, of course, but can’t really know for sure until they take that one last step- at which point God imediately confirms His identity and existence in that persons life)

I’m not goign to preach- you beleive what you do, but just wanted to know why an atheist is willing to take such a gamble with such severe consequences if it turns out God really is who He says He is- As a Holy God, He MUST punish sin- sin and holiness can not coexist together- but fortunately, He did provide a way of compelte forgiveness- once for all. Why trust a mind only capable of partial knowledge when we can trust the Omniscient all knowing mind? The risk- to me, simpyl is too great that hte beleif that God doesn’t exist is true. There’s nothign to be lost by beleiving in Him- nothign at all, and everythign to be gained.

“The risk of eternal damnation is simply too great to gamble in my opinion.”

I just have to answer this one more very good, good question.

Here’s my non-branded atheism concerning this: IF there was a God, and I am only giving it the teeny tiniest of chances, but I acknowledge that astronomical chance. THEN I further believe that He/She is probably not concerned with whether or not I was convinced of His/Her existence based on what I see on this earth. He/She will have had much more important and less egotistical things on His/Her mind. Besides, who wants to spend eternity with an egomaniac personality that is so self conscious that they really think, “Love only me, Worship me, etc..”

Maybe I choose to not want to be around anyone like that. Especially not for an eternity. I’ve been burned by that kind before.

And I don’t mean that in any ugly way if that offends anyone, please forgive my crude explanation. And please be gentle with me because I am being honest about how I feel...

The risk of eternal damnation is simply too great to gamble in my opinion.

I fail to understand how someone can "decide" to believe in something that they don't believe, just because of Pascal's Wager. Honestly, I don't understand this concept of changing one's beliefs to something else just because it might seem more beneficial.

If I'd get a cookie for believing the sky were polka-dotted, I could only claim that I believe...but I wouldn't actually believe it. How do you do such a thing?

This is an honest inquiry to any who can explain. Thank you.