Love and Hatred above Probability
There seems to be two types of men, ultimately: one type becoming a servant of Satan and another becoming a servant of the God.
And, according to the teaching of Christ Jesus, servants of Satan will be thrown down to the hell while servants of the God will be allowed to enter Heaven.
Pascal thought that it was reasonable to become a servant of the God and get allowed to enter Heaven, because happiness in Heaven is infinite while happiness in this world a man can get by becoming a servant of Satan is finite.
And no matter how small the probability (P) that the God and Heaven exist is, P multiplied by infinite (happiness in Heaven) can be as big as possible. Whereas the possibility (N) that the God and Heaven do not exist cannot be infinite as the history, where Christ Jesus once surely appeared, tells. And no matter how big the happiness in this world assured by Satan is, the happiness in this world is finite as everybody knows. Therefore, N multiplied by a finite number (happiness in this world) is finite, which is not comparable with the former case (possibly infinite) with the belief that the God and Heaven exist.
But the point at issue is the assumption that happiness in Heaven is infinite. Of course, happiness in this world is clearly finite no matter how much wealth a man gets by following Satan.
However, there is another factor regardless of this kind of calculation. Instinctive hatred against Satan or the God. Or instinctive love to the God or Satan.
If a man has instinctive hatred against Satan and instinctive love to God, he will believe that happiness in Heaven is infinite, so that no matter how small the probability that the God and heaven exist is, he would bet on the possibility that they exist.
But if a man has instinctive hatred against the God and instinctive love to Satan, he will simply wish that the probability of existence of the God and Heaven is zero. And thus, no matter how big or infinite the happiness in Heaven is, their product will be zero. And the probability of happiness in this world is 100%. All he can do is get happiness as much as possible, since the probability of existence of Satan who assures happiness in this world is also 100%.
Therefore, another point is whether a man can hate Satan and love the God, while even if the God and Heaven do not exist, he cannot get happiness both in this world and Heaven.
On the other hand, if a man hates the God and loves Satan, he can get at least happiness in this world regardless of the possibility of existence of the God and Heaven.
Anyway, as Christ Jesus said, a man cannot love both the God and Satan or hate both the God and Satan.
And one thing sure is that if everybody loves Satan and hates the God and tries to get happiness in this world, which Satan gives, as much as possible, this world will turn to the hell, since everybody will sacrifice others to get happiness in this world as much as possible.
Finally, love and hatred seem to be above calculation of probability.
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M'r:3:16: And Simon he surnamed Peter;
M'r:3:17: And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
M'r:3:18: And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
M'r:3:19: And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.