June 19th 2014

The Wager

Blaise Pascal was born in France on this day in 1623.
He is known as a physicist, inventor, writer, and
apologetic philosopher among other talents.
Most famously, he invited a wager on the existence
of God:

"Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering thatGod is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain,you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing."

In writing on faith Pascal said, "In faith there is enough light
for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind
those who don't."

                          The wisdom of  Blaise Pascal.

Pascal had many things to say about God and

human nature and he wrote them all down before he 

turned forty. He died at the age of thirty-nine.

How many life (& death) thoughts do we entertain? It's never too late to consider the big questions.