Its amazing to the hilt . Once people have slogged hard to get money and have found it in plenty they need Spirituality. Its not that they leave the money they have earned to the God foresaken masses . No that doesnt happen . It would be very foolish to expect someone to giveup material things they have given their life for . But when people have earned enough , more than what they can ever imagine to even spend they start looking for spirituality . This is no self actualisation need as defined by Maslow . This is greed upon greed .
Once the rich and intelligent have secured things on this Earth they are now looking on to consolidate it . Everyone knows this life is transitory . Even the athiest knows it quite well that unless somone develops a cure for death life is just gonna vanish like a puff of smoke into nothingness . The rich men are rich due to many reasons one of the most important being a continuous drive to secure the best for themselves for the present and ofcourse for the future .
Most people instinctively understand Pascals Wager .The Rich instinctively crave for the best option . The neo Rich crave for the same and more .Now with the above link you can easily read it but i would still copy it below:
"The philosophy uses the following logic (excerpts from Pensées, part III, §233):
In simple words If you believe in God if he exists you will get heven you will not lose anything if he doesnt exists .If you dont believe in God you will burn in hell if you are wrong , even if you are right you will gain nothing by not believeing .
The search for spirituality is the search for infinite gain . Some people believe , some people are convinced , some are cunning , some are simply rational .The belief in God is quite simply the most rational choice .If not rational its the most gainful of all available choices . Well an intelligent fellow will always reach the same conclusion - Why take chances ??
Once the rich and intelligent have secured things on this Earth they are now looking on to consolidate it . Everyone knows this life is transitory . Even the athiest knows it quite well that unless somone develops a cure for death life is just gonna vanish like a puff of smoke into nothingness . The rich men are rich due to many reasons one of the most important being a continuous drive to secure the best for themselves for the present and ofcourse for the future .
Most people instinctively understand Pascals Wager .The Rich instinctively crave for the best option . The neo Rich crave for the same and more .Now with the above link you can easily read it but i would still copy it below:
"The philosophy uses the following logic (excerpts from Pensées, part III, §233):
- "God is, or He is not"
- A Game is being played... where heads or tails will turn up.
- According to reason, you can defend either of the propositions.
- You must wager. (It's not optional.)
- Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing.
- Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. (...) There is here an infinity of an infinitely happy life to gain, a chance of gain against a finite number of chances of loss, and what you stake is finite. And so our proposition is of infinite force, when there is the finite to stake in a game where there are equal risks of gain and of loss, and the infinite to gain"
In simple words If you believe in God if he exists you will get heven you will not lose anything if he doesnt exists .If you dont believe in God you will burn in hell if you are wrong , even if you are right you will gain nothing by not believeing .
The search for spirituality is the search for infinite gain . Some people believe , some people are convinced , some are cunning , some are simply rational .The belief in God is quite simply the most rational choice .If not rational its the most gainful of all available choices . Well an intelligent fellow will always reach the same conclusion - Why take chances ??
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