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would be a mistake. The question of whether or not to believe in God? Now, only two
choices are to be had, live like a God exists or live like a God does not exist. First, the
preliminaries, we know the finite exists, and its nature is believed to be known,
furthermore we know that the infinite exists but that in which, we don’t know the nature.
So we know neither the nature nor the existence of God but yet there is faith. As Pascal
explains, humans figure things by reason or experience, they are our tools of discovery.
But, the problem being the existence of God can not be conceived by reason or
experience. Therefore Pascal introduces a wager. The wager breaks down very simply,
believe and have faith that God exists and in the end infinite happiness for infinity God so
exists. Or do not believe, and if in the end He exists well then one will spend eternity in
hell. But, if one lives life as if God exists but he does not well then what you have lost in
life is wasted time of living and wasted time of thought. Now the easy way out on th
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not believe in God but lives a just moral life. is
would be of course not to wager, because if one never made a decision why then can he
be punished or rewarded either way. ” Pascal leaves it out their for one to
decide. A dog will run to greet his or her owner at the gate and if it is the owner well than
the chances of being praised and rewarded are good, possibly a Scooby snack.
In the end people reason because it is their nature, no one likes to be in the dark if they
know that light exists or if they have the notion it exists, people have a problem with
wanting to know the truth or maybe it is people gist only seeking the truth.
Pascal’s wager is perfect for what it does, it instills fear not to believe in God. Makes what side of the
wager to be on a little easier.
The wager in the way it is presented is quite convincible. Second choice; believe the teacher to be bluffing, and
not study and on Friday a test comes and I fail or the teacher does not give out a test and I
win. My
question to Pascal would be what about all the things in between. Finally, what if one can not ever decide if a God exists or not. It
shows by reason and reason alone that God exists. Yes, people are pons or dogs if you
will.
Pascal ultimately wants to show you his reasoning, Pascal states, “I
would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was
true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true. For the reason that only
two choices basically are presented, believe that God exists or believe he does not.
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