Channing’s wager

So Pascal said just believe in God, its a safe bet, but also by following God:

Now, what harm will befall you in taking this side? You will be faithful, honest, humble, grateful, generous, a sincere friend, truthful.

Pensées, §233

So let’s continue this. Here’s my wager – just do what Jesus told you. Kind, warm loving etc. Not only with the beardy fella, this will give you a good shot for basically all religions.

Free ticket to Heaven, Nirvana, and all the other fun places. Plus you’ll be a good friend and neighbour in this life.

As a starter, you can get in for giving water to thirsty dogs (A Hadith in the Sahih Muslim Book of Greetings).

The only sticky point here is whether you have to ‘believe’ in one said deity. Desmond Tutu reckoned God would let the Dalai Lama in, “Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying: ‘You know, that guy, the Dalai Lama, is not bad. What a pity he’s not a Christian’?” (BBC), that’ll do for me.

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