Do you believe in the existence of God? While surfing around wikipedia, I came across this article on Pascal's Wager. It is the application by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal decision theory to the belief in God.
With going to heaven as the ultimate prize, the argument is based on the fact that there is nothing to lose and everything to gain from believing the existence of God. If you do not believe in God, and they really exist, then you will not be able to go to heaven. If you believe in God and they exist, you will be able to go to heaven. If you believe in God and they don't exist, or if you don't believe in God while they do exist, you will go to heaven. Therefore it's pretty obvious to choose to believe, since you can't do worse than not believing.
In the Atheist's Wager, the idea that the God does not reward their believer but for the good things that one has done was taken into the consideration, then it should not matter whether you believe in God and you will still be rewarded.
Furthermore, with so many religions, which one should one believe in? A simple solution for this one is to believe in all, but it's not an acceptable solution. This brings us to the 'Avoiding the Wrong Hell' problem where it's generally more possible that you will worship the wrong God and be sent to Hell as a result of that.
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To me, I am an atheist. It seems more rational to be an atheist, as if there exist a Benevolent God, I would believe that he would give credit to people based on their merit and not whether these people believed in him.
If God really exists, he would be the people around you, who care about you. i.e. Family, friends. Friends, as in true friends, not fair-weather friends.
People pray to God for safety. I believe it is family and friends that keeps people safe and sound. Through the care and concern showered upon you, you are kept safe and stay safe through your everyday life. People pray to God for riches. Family and friends are themselves riches. People pray to God when they're down and out. Family and friends give you the support you need. Therefore it's equivalent to saying your family and friends are your Gods.
This thinking might seem naive in many ways, but to me, it's my principle, my way of life, my belief.
References
Pascal's Wager on Wikipedia
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/wager.html
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