Christian Vision Of Reality Rhetorical Analysis

The Christian vision of realty is what offers us a standpoint from where we are able to see the natural world, what comes with it and from that, be able to see things that other may see as challenging or wrong. We are able to see the much bigger picture that Christianity offers. Pascal seems to easily acknowledge that the truths of Christian faith seem to do more and solve the problems that stem from human situation. He stands behind the fact that anyone in doubt and that considers themselves a skeptic, is not a bad thing and he believes that overcoming skepticism begins with recognizing the first steps that come from revelation. This perfectly correlates with the Christian vision of reality by accepting skeptics and challenging them to understand what they do not

“..it is safe to say that he was a brilliant and profound Christian thinker who exercised his considerable intellect in a number of fields” (Morris). Morris himself considers Pascal as one that is knowledgeable in multiple fields, not only from a religious sense. With that, it does not mean that those who don’t understand cannot ever reach a point where they can comprehend. “There are three sources of belief: reason, custom, inspiration” (Pascal, 243). Pascal believes in having more than only the understanding of the religion. Getting to the understanding levels means at first believing. He too believes besides reasoning, the customs and inspiration we have on a daily basis to continue the path of a Christian faith are all to be included in achieving this Christian vision of reality. From Pascal’s view, the vision of reality could be that of what is seen through the eyes of a Christian believer and that means accepting the word of God, becoming a follower of his word, and of course, still being able to incorporate natural world ideals. The central and reoccurring themes that we have discussed have been the search for