DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN GOD, SYRA? AFTER EVERRTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED? BOLL, Syra: Especially after everything that’s happened. AIDAN: THERE IS A DECISION THEORY EXERCISE I ALWAYS FOUND QUITE ENTERTAINING. IT IS CALLED PASCAL’S WAGER. DO YOU KNOW IT? BOLL, Syra: Of course. AIDAN: PASCAL REASONED THERE WAS NO SENSE IN NOT BELIEVING IN A HIGHER POWER. AIDAN: IF ONE BELIEVES, AND GOD EXISTS, ONE IS REWARDED AMONG THE FAITHFUL IN THE HEREAFTER. IF GOD DOES NOT EXIST, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ONE BELIEVES EITHER WAY. BUT IF ONE DOES NOT BELIEVE, AND GOD DOES EXIST, ETERNAL DAMNATION AWAITS.
