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Pascal's wager - Wikipedia
Ecumenical interpretations of the wager [34] argues that it could even be suggested that believing in a generic God, or a god by the wrong name, is acceptable so long as that conception of God has similar essential characteristics of the conception of God considered in Pascal's wager (perhaps the God of Aristotle). Proponents of this line of ...
The God-Shaped Hole in the Human Soul - IU South Bend Libraries
The idea of a “God-shaped hole” in the human heart, a terrifying bottomless abyss opening up inside us which we would do ... us on our spiritual quest. This is a modern paraphrase of something the famous philosopher and mathematician Pascal (1623-1662) wrote in his Pensees (10.148):1 What else does this craving, and this helplessness ...
The correct quote of Blaise Pascal | It's Just Me: SARAH
[This is from page 75 of Blaise Pascal’s Pensees (New York; Penguin Books, 1966).] Way back in February of 2006, I shared the quote that is commonly assumed to come from Pascal, “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person, and it can never be filled by any created thing. It can only be filled by God, made known through Jesus ...
What does "God-shaped hole" mean? - Bible Hub
The Concept and Definition of a “God-Shaped Hole” ... This restlessness mirrors the spiritual emptiness that only a relationship with God can fill. Similarly, Blaise Pascal, a 17th-century mathematician and philosopher, expressed in his Pensées (often cited as fragment 148) that there is a vacuum in every person that cannot be filled by ...
Origin of the idea of a "God-shaped Hole" in everyone - Study The Church
Not exactly the phrase “god-shaped hole” but the same idea but from a different direction. Human hearts are “restless” until finding “rest” in God. Almost like God has a specially-designed place into which humans fit. Blaise Pascal (1623-62) said something closer to our phrase over a millennium later: “What else does this craving ...
The Hole in Pascal’s Wager: A Flawed Thought Experiment?
Pascal’s Wager is one of the most famous thought experiments in history. Conjured by the 17th century polymath Blaise Pascal, on the surface it provides a neat solution to all the troubling questions about God that were springing up as the period known as the Enlightenment led to a revolution in European thought.
Is there really a God-shaped hole in everyone? - Christian Today
The idea of a God-shaped hole feels good to us because it establishes Christians as the people who carry the secret of worldly fulfilment. But is it an entirely Biblical idea, asks Martin Saunders. ... As Blaise Pascal put it, in his defence of the Christian faith over 400 years earlier, there is an "infinite abyss" within a person, which can ...
Blaise Pascal - From the Inside Out
Pascal said, “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus Christ.” In 1654, Pascal was thrown from a carriage when the horses bolted.
THE GOD-SHAPED HOLE (Part 1) - Devotions of the Heart
After his vision, Pascal committed his life to Christ, left the world of science and mathematics, put his remarkable mind to work for God and, like Augustine, left his mark on Christianity. That “God-shaped hole” is man’s innate longing for something far greater than anything found in this world.
Did He Say That? - Tony Agnesi
“There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man, and only God can fill it.” –Blaise Pascal. As I sat down on a Saturday morning to write, I was inspired by a quote that I have heard and used often about a God-shaped hole in our hearts. The idea of a God-shaped hole in our hearts has been an inspiration to many Christians over the ...
Pascal’s God-Shaped Hole and the Geek - Geeks Under Grace
Pascal’s God-Shaped Hole and the Geek. March 11, 2023 / August Dittbenner. The satisfaction we seek is in God rather than any temporal fulfillment. Blaise Pascal was a 17th Century mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and theologian who, while still a teenager, even invented rudimentary calculators.
The "Hole in the Heart" that only God can fill? (God Shaped Hole)
"There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God the Creator, made known through Jesus Christ." (Pascal, quoted in: W. Bright, Jesus and the Intellectual, Campus Crusade for Christ International, Arrowhead Springs, San Bernardino, CA, 1968.) – Justin Jul 21, 2016 at 18:13
The Myth of the God Shaped Hole - Medium
The term has somewhat debated origins, but most point to its use by Blaise Pascal in his Penses (1669), but the truth is: ... Thus the “God-shaped hole” that only God can fill. (some use the ...
A God-Shaped Hole | Gems For Living
This quote has been altered over the years, and it is popularly stated that Pascal wrote, “There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.” But the concept of A God-Shaped Hole, or vacuum in the soul of every mother’s child is valid ...
Virtual Relationality and Our Human-Shaped Hole
Pascal’s piercing words have resonated through centuries, and there’s a complementary insight that comes directly from Scripture: We are also created with a human-shaped hole. After God created the world and called it—day after day—“good” and at the end, “very good,” there is shocking phrase in Genesis 2:18 (and I’ll add ...
Blaise Pascal’s Philosophy and the hidden God
Blaise Pascal’s idea of the “hidden god” reflects a deeply religious perspective, emphasizing faith as a response to the uncertainty of God’s existence. Pascal argued that rational proof of God is elusive and that human beings must make a personal leap of faith, guided by a sense of existential wonder and the practical benefits of ...
A God-Shaped Hole | Gems For Living
This quote has been altered over the years, and it is popularly stated that Pascal wrote, “There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.” But the concept of A God-Shaped Hole, or vacuum in the soul of every mother’s child is valid ...
Why Nothing Fills Our 'God-Shaped Hole' - Seton Magazine
We, all of us human persons, are forever searching to fill what Pascal called a “God-shaped hole” within our hearts. A Depressing Idea? Do we place unrealistic expectations on those with whom we live to fill this void in our hearts? Or do we place unrealistic expectations upon our friends, with the idea that we should always be everyone’s ...