One of the most important questions upon which man will ever be forced to wager is this: given our uncertainty about the afterlife, so what? In this book, Moore argues that our uncertainty about the afterlife should matter to us greatly, if we are wise. And in order to complete the failed task that Blaise Pascal initiated, the provision of a sound and valid argument about how to wager on the afterlife under uncertainty, Moore argues for and defends the following new argument. In sum: 1. Foolishness occurs under the following conditions: (a) when one is aware of a severe threat to his or her...

Sam Ford expected her summer vacation on Nantucket Island to be pretty much as it always has been. Fun in the sun and maybe some surfing. But it's her first year without her caretaker and companion, Nana, who has worked to help cure Sam's club feet as long as the precocious twelve year old can remember. Little could Sam imagine what was in store for her on her first surfing expedition of the summer as she finds herself pulled out to sea by a mysterious riptide, only to land on a strange island almost a thousand miles away from her vacation home and family. She soon learns, she's been brought...