The Christian Wager
- 1 April 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Religious Studies
- Vol. 4 (2), 217-228
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500003619
Abstract
On what grounds will the rational man become a Christian? It is often assumed by many, especially non-Christians, that he will become a Christian if and only if he judges that the evidence available to him shows that it is more likely than not that the Christian theological system is true, that, in mathematical terms, on the evidence available to him, the probability of its truth is greater than half. It is the purpose of this paper to investigate whether or not this is a necessary and sufficient condition for the rational man to adopt Christianity.Keywords
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