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''"If you believe in God and turn out to be incorrect, you have lost nothing -- but if you don't believe in God and turn out to be incorrect, you will go to hell. Therefore it is foolish to be an atheist."''

This argument is known as Pascal's Wager. It has [several flaws | http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/arguments.html#pascal].

[ Google! | Google:"Pascal's wager" ]

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