reflections.

Reflecting on the debate L and I are having about the causal nexus between God and morality left me we the following thought. The most pertinent question man can possibly seek is this one:

“To whom do I owe my existence?”

And there seems to be two, and only two, possible answers: either no one or someone. And that’s all the difference in the world. And then I thought about how germane Pascal’s wager is. If you’re an agnostic (which is anyone who is unsure about God’s existence) then the most reasonable thing is to hope with all your heart and mind and soul that something like the Christian God does exist. If such a God does exist then you’re life will not end at death, and you have eternal bliss to look forward to, and even if you’re wrong, living your life in accordance to what the Christian God is genuinely like will only increase the value of your finite life. If you place your bet on the non-existence of the Christian God, all you have to look forward to is this life, and if you’re wrong you’ll be losing out on the most precious life imaginable. Construed as such, the only win-win situation is to hope that God exists and He loves you the way Christ said He does.

I wish everyone a wonderful time celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.