Paddy Power offers odds of 4-1 that God exists

DUBLIN, Ireland -- As reported by The Telegraph: "Since opening its book just two months ago, punters hoping to have their faith rewarded have placed £5,000 with Paddy Power.

"It began taking bets on the question that has plagued thinkers for centuries in September, to coincide with the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider that physicists hope may lead to the discovery of an elusive sub-atomic object called the 'God particle'.

"Initially the odds that proof would be found of God's existence were 20-1, and they lengthened to 33-1 when the multi-billion pound atom smasher was shut down temporarily because of a magnetic failure.

"...But interest in the wager has increased greatly following the recent launch of a campaign to have atheist adverts placed on London buses declaring that 'there's probably no God'..."