Discussion 2 - Pascal's Wager, You are not religious

Discussion Forum II - Pascal's Wager

Pascal’s Wager Updated

You are not religious.  However, you meet a local priest who says you should be.  His argument is as follows:  "If you are a believer in God, and God exists, you will go to heaven.  If you do not believe, you risk the possibly going to hell.  Your earthly life is rather short.  At the most, you will live a century.  However, the afterlife is long, an eternity in fact.  Therefore, you might as well invest your short earthly life as a believer, because if there is no God, you don't lose much time, but if there is a God, you gain an eternity in heaven."  Is the priest's gamble worth it?  Does it convince you to become a believer?