Pascal's wager

Consider Pascal's wager:

The skeptic should believe in God, as a
rational decision. For, if God exists
and the skeptic believes in Him, the
rewards are infinite; if God exists and
the skeptic does not believe in Him,
the miseries are infinite; if God does
not exist, it makes no difference
whether the skeptic believes in Him or
not. Hence, the only benefit comes
from believing in God and the only disbenefit
from not believing in Him.
Hence, the skeptic ought to believe.

At the time that he wrote it, he may have seemed to be indicating that the choice we make is between knowing the one true God through a personal relationship with Christ as opposed to a life of atheism. Otherwise, there are some other possiblities to contend with.

Is it a good method of evangelism to present eternal life as a bet? Why or why not?

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