Sunday, February 20, 2022

The Argument from Pascal's Wager

An essay by Peter Kreeft.

"The classic arguments for the existence of God were no longer popularly believed. What could the Christian apologist say to the sceptical mind of this age? Suppose such a typical mind lacked both the gift of faith and the confidence in reason to prove God's existence; could there be a third ladder out of the pit of unbelief into the light of belief?

"Pascal's Wager claims to be that third ladder. ..."

See Pascal, The Provincial Letters, Pensees, Scientific Treatises, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 54 Vol., 1952) volume 33, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 30.

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