Gentleness imitates the character of Christ. Paul pleaded with the Corinthian church “by the meekness and gentleness of Christ” (2 Cor. 10:1). Jesus came down to earth as Almighty God for 33 years. Has there ever been or will there ever be and individual gentler than Him? The more you conform to the image of Jesus, the gentler you will become.
Randy Smith

The Wager

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I have a choice: either first I believe God exists, or second I do not believe God exists.

First, if I believe God exists, and God in fact does exist, then I will gain infinite happiness. However, if I believe God exists, and God in fact does not exist, then I will have no payoff.

Second, if I do not believe God exists, and God in fact does exist, then I will gain infinite pain. However, if I believe God does not exist, and God in fact does not exist, then I will have no payoff.

Thus, I have everything to gain and nothing to lose by believing in God, and I have everything to lose and nothing to gain by not believing in God. On these grounds, one would be foolish not to believe.

– Blaise Pascal:  French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, Catholic writer, and after whom the Pascal programming language was named.