CSflim

It occurs to me, that we cannot absolutely know whether or not God exists. So rather than making up our minds based on the evidence that is available, we should objectively look at the situation from a "what's in it for me" point of view.
From this, we will be able to deduce whether a belief in God is a beneficial thing or not, and model our belief system around that.

Now, in addition to our proposal for the existence of God, we will also consider the afterlife, and the existence of Heaven and Hell. God will allow into heaven, those people whom he finds congenial, and will cast into Hell, those whom he dislikes. Obviously, as part of belief system, we want to aim for Heaven.

Now, looking around the universe, we see very little, to no evidence of the existence of God, in fact, quite the opposite. It seems almost that God, if he exists, is being purposely elusive. The conclusions to be drawn from this are that God doesn’t want you to believe in him. Perhaps he would find it arrogant of a mere mortal to claim that he can even begin to fathom the power of God. Believers are obviously not what God wants, and as such, he will cast them into the fiery pits of Hell!

Non believers on the other hand, are much more likable in God’s eyes. These dull creatures have not attempted to destroy His great illusion. They have not been so arrogant as to claim to possess some divine hotline to Him. These dim witted mortals will the ones taken into God’s kingdom.

So from this, we can conclude, that without the need for further evidence, we should in fact not believe in God. It appears to be a win-win situation. If God doesn’t exist, you have not wasted countless hours in pointless prayer. If he does exist, you are to be brought straight into eternal bliss.

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