A Fool's Bet

I wish I had a penny for every time someone presented faith to me as a fool’s bet. Here’s their basic argument: If you believe and there is no god, there is no negative consequence But if you don’t believe and it turns out there is a god you are going to hell. When presented like this - belief seems to make sense. Of course, this assumes that believing things that aren’t true is harmless. And that’s a pretty big assumption. Because, let’s face it: it ain’t the stuff we know that gets us into trouble. It’s the stuff we know that just ain’t so that causes all the mischief.