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GOD EXISTS!
If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that He is.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensees III:67
Does REASON have a place in Religion? What kind of role does it play in Religion compared to other domains (AoKs)?
WAYS OF KNOWING
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Of course I believe
O God, o God,
What about...?
CERTAINTY?
WAYS OF KNOWING
The fact that TOK recognizes ways of knowing other than REASON tells us the status of CERTAINTY.
WAYS OF KNOWING
Rationalism: Reason is privileged as the exclusive criterion of truth (or at least the primary one)
The more certain we are, the less we need to search and reflect on what we know. CERTAINTY = 1 / REFLECTION