子疾病，子路请祷。子曰：“有诸？”子路对曰：“有之。诔曰：‘祷尔于上下神祇。’”子曰：“丘之祷久矣。”
"子不语怪，力，乱，神。"这是孔子对神的基本态度。此时在病中，则宁信其有，其思路如同Pascal's Wager。只是孔子不明说，一明说即有投机之意；不明说，则莫测高深。高深莫测就须人讲解，解经的人越说得玄，听者越觉得有未解之妙，赞其讲得好，这就形成一种正反馈，于是《论语》越解越圣，《周易》越解越神。到魏晋之时形成一种风气，即“玄谈”。《世说新语》中记了不少以玩莫测高深为时髦的故事。
Pascal's Wager:
Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas they stand to receive infinite gains (as represented by eternity in Heaven) and avoid infinite losses (eternity in Hell).
