Monday, May 3, 2010

April 30 (question number 14 and 15)

14. What, according to Pascal, does one gain in this one by taking side of God?

According to Pascal, there are many positive attributes yo can gain in taking side of God. It will help us become a better person. Conscience and the sense of helping other people will develop in us. It is part of God's teaching that we should love each other. This are some of the benefits we can get in taking side of God.

As we look at the status quo, crime rates are fast increasing. This may due to the fact that they do not follow god's teachings. They are not afraid to commit bad things because they do not believe in God. This is one of the positive effects if you will not believe in the teachings of god. Your conscience will slowly fade and you will be blinded from the truth.

It is important that we take side of God. It will serve as our light in the darkness. Taking side of God will turn as into well being. We should serve as an agent of change in our community and to our country. This will enable us to live our life to the fullest.


15. How is Pascal's own religious faith evident in the last passage the wager?

Pascal believes that faith is the key in answering God's existence. This may seem true to most of the religious scholars. But some of them still believes that we cannot really study God because he is an infinite being. a being that is supreme and so powerful. This is the argument raise by some other people.

The last wager is more about hierarchy. Pascal's faith is evident in the last wage because he claims that God is the most high. This means that God is the one who creates everything in this world. And without him we wouldn't exist. This was also stated by Aquinas in his 5 ways. But still many arguments have been raised about the wager.

It is clear that Pascal believes that faith will help us eradicate argument on the existence of God. People will tend to doubt the existence of God if he lacks faith. It is also said that faith begins when people losses their hope. It is important to have faith in what we do in order to be successful. This is an evident of Pascal's religious faith in the last wager.