Pascal

Another proof of God is known as the Ontological argument which was thought up by the great St. Anselm. The word ontological means analyzing one’s nature of being and simply asking if it is real. The Ontological argument proofs include: (1) Assume that GCB (greatest consumable being) does not exist in reality, but in the mind alone; (2) Existence in reality is greater than existence in the mind alone; (3) It is possible the GCB exists in reality; (4) In such of a case, GCB would be greater than…

Philosophy, the hard sciences, and Christianity would all be unimaginably different, had it not been for The Enlightenment. Around the 18th century, The Enlightenment was well underway, as well as new ideas and concepts that came along with it. However, with new theories and understandings, came criticism of the ones already widely accepted. Amidst the search for reason within religion, Enlightenment thinkers sought out a better understanding of their faith and strongly encouraged others to…

Fans have been awaiting the new release of the Episode 9 of the Star Wars Saga; The Lat Jedi. But did this film really receive optimistic reviews about itself. The Last Jedi is one of the best movies in the Star Wars franchise, for much the same reason The Empire Strikes Back is one of the best. Where the first movie in a trilogy is a thrilling adventure – 2015’s The Force Awakens mirrors a new hope – the second complicates the saga by introducing doubt, failure and sadness. Fans are indeed…

With the internet growing, people around the globe can freely share ideas and cultures, also known as pop culture. Pop culture, as defined by Oxford dictionary, is the popular culture shown through media and aimed at younger people such as teens. Pop culture became popular with the introduction of the internet because people can share many of their ideas. A popular example of pop culture are images that are known are memes. Alexandre Philippe believes that pop culture can bring people of…

In the Classic Slave Narratives, a novel written by Henry Louis Gates Jr., it tells the stories of four well known slaves that lived in the era of slavery. The best known slaves were, Olaudah Equiano and Frederick Douglass. Both of these men experienced different form of slavery, and had different views on how they were treated. Olaudah and his younger sister were kidnapped at the age of eleven, and they were sold into slavery. Frederick on the other hand was born into slavery back in 1818. In…

genius who developed laws of motion based on empirical experiment. The book also mentioned the one of the great philosopher René Descartes who helped in promoting the mechanistic world view. Blaise Pascal who was a mathematician, an experimenter, and a philosopher in the 17th century. According to Pascal, God occasionally intervenes miraculously, but never interfere with the mechanical laws of nature . Through Kearney’s words, for the society as a whole, the mechanistic philosophy quickly became…

Pascal: Pascal’s Wager essentially revolves around the fact that betting on God’s existence is the best bet that one can make.This is because if one wagers on God’s existence and God doesn’t exist, they lose nothing. However, if he does exist, then the can potentially gain entrance into Heaven which is the ultimate reward. Therefore, betting on God’s existence is the best bet that one can possibly make. Pascal’s Wager excludes the important virtues that support Christianity and serves as a…

history and black people were considered lower beings than white people and black people suffered greatly because of this and had virtually no rights to defend themselves, if they did they usually got killed. In the story “Of Mice and Men” composed by Pascal Covici illustrates that Even though the extent to which Crooks and Curley's wife experience loneliness is abundant,…

“It is in your interest to believe that God exists.” Do you agree? Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher of the 17 century proposed a wager, that indeed, it is in your interest to believe in God. Pascal’s wager is as follows: If God exists and you believe in Him, you will go to heaven upon death and have infinite happiness, while if He does exists but you do not believe in Him, you will go to hell upon dying and experience infinite suffering. If God does not exist but…

Thus, as one inspects their beliefs and choices they make, they will ultimately reach the question of religion, and how, if at all, to practice a religion. Personally, I believe that the decision on whether one should practice a religion or not lies entirely within their own consideration. Religion is a big impact upon one’s life, and it ultimately provides the guiding light to a person in the definitive times of their life. Many religions seek to answer the questions that society cannot. This…