Quote Originally Posted by jackvance View Post
I say agnost if it ever comes up in conversation, I have one friend who is religious and it's the best thing to say to avoid a nonsensical discussion and offending them. Once he tried me with the "if you say you don't know, why take a chance - if it's true then you're screwed in the afterlife" and I explained the principle of Occam's razor to him and that ended that discussion. (that pretty much makes me atheist though if I think about it)
Pascal's wager > Occam's razor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager