"How can anyone lose who chooses to become a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and his faith was in vain, he has lost nothing--in fact, he has been happier in life than his non-believing friends. If, however, there is a God and a heaven and a hell, then he has gained heaven and his skeptical friends will have lost everything in hell!"

- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) renowned as the "Father of the Science of Hydrostatics" is famous for his "Wager of Pascal," quoted above.