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PASCAL'S WAGER
by Joel Sattler

At 3 AM I sat in Hell
wondering what I knew so well
Heaven was a promise unknown
by head was on fire
my heart was a stone

I opened a book
the Pensees it was
written in thought
written in love

and I found that my soul
could be placed as a bet
and when I have fear
I think of it yet

either God is, or He is not
a game has been played
either heads or it's tails
one or the other it will turn up.
According to reason
both of them fail

you can not defend
that which can not be said
either glory or nothing
must come when you're dead

but you must place your wager
you have not a choice
if you win you win all
place your stake with your voice

it's a zero-sum game
should be easy to make and
if you lose you lose nothing
you will not be forsaken

if you triumph then you
will have won over odds
so you might as well choose
to believe in a God.

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