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WORLD Magazine's Best Books of 2016 Short ListChristianity Today's 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Apologetics/EvangelismSince 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

Who reads Taking Pascal's Wager : Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life?

Author

Michael W Rota

Publisher

IVP Academic

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780830899999

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Religion, Christian

Rating

4.04 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14