RELS 205 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Logical Possibility, Shooting People, Abortion Clinic

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 205
• Professor: Jonathan Napier

Document Summary

Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that god is. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. In this sense pascal is starting out with a live hypothesis in james" view. Simply wagering for god doesn"t mean that you"re going to suddenly have faith, rather it"s a first step in a form of life which eventually leads to true faith, in the view that. While you are in this form of life you are going to have a reasonably good life it is going to be better for you (perhaps) than not following that tradition. Studies have shown having a religious life can be better you are more connected to communities, you have some kind of hope for the future as well as meaning in life while supposedly living longer and healthier.