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Taking Pascal`s Wager - Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life (Paperback)
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WORLD Magazine's Best Books of 2016 Short List Christianity Today's
2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Apologetics/Evangelism Since
we can't know with absolute certainty that God exists, each of us
in a sense makes a bet. If we believe in God and are right, the
benefits include eternal life. If we are wrong, the downside is
limited. On the other hand, we might not believe in God. If we are
right, then we will have lived in line with reality. If we are
wrong, however, the consequences could be eternally disastrous.
This was the challenge posed by the French philosopher Blaise
Pascal over three hundred years ago. But Michael Rota contends that
Pascal's argument is still compelling today. Since there is much to
gain (for ourselves as well as for others) and relatively little to
lose, the wise decision is to seek a relationship with God and live
a Christian life. Rota considers Pascal's wager and the roles of
uncertainty, evidence, and faith in making a commitment to God. By
engaging with themes such as decision theory, the fine-tuning of
the universe, divine hiddenness, the problem of evil, the
historicity of the resurrection and the nature of miracles, he
probes the many dynamics at work in embracing the Christian faith.
In addition, Rota takes a turn not found in many books of
philosophy. He looks at the actual effects of such a commitment in
three recent, vivid, gripping examples-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jean
Vanier and Immaculee Ilibagiza. Like Pascal, Rota leaves us with a
question: What wager will we make?
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