Intertwining Categories: What Makes One Differ From One Another?

What is it that makes every person differ from one another? Is it their upbringing and experiences or is the person they are going to become predetermined? To me the words belief, certainty, knowledge, and doubt are the four essential intertwining categories in everyone’s life that differ enough to make each individual different from one another. These categories are all important by themselves but it is the connection between each of them that is so incredibly important. As I explored through all of these categories I find that there is a universal trend with all of them. Each and every one of these categories is connected to one another. For instance, if you look at knowledge you find that no knowledge comes without doubt or uncertainty; the same goes for doubt and how if you are doubtful it is usually because you have prior knowledge …show more content…
I personally think that belief is something simple and that everyone should believe in something whether that belief is in a religious or a nonreligious sense. This is why I enjoyed reading and discussing the argument of Blaise Pascal, and how he approaches believing or rather having faith. I thought the reading was so good because Pascal takes such a simple approach to having faith; however, I would take a slightly different approach to his argument. I would say that having faith or believing doesn’t need to be in a religious sense, but rather you should put your belief or faith in something that inspires you and drives you to be a better person. I have come to the conclusion that people are scared of the word belief because they think that in order to believe your belief has to be in a religious sense. Also, I think that people don’t have a belief or believe in something is because they are doubtful that there really is anything worth believing