Words related to Religion5

Wager 도박,내기

damnation 지옥살이

epistemic 인식(지식)의(에 관한)

Practical justification is in contrast with epistemic justification.

boil down 졸아들다, -가 되게 졸이다.

boil something down (to something) (특히 정보를) (-이 되도록) 압축[단축]시키다.

boil down to something 핵심[본질]이 - 이다.

In the end, what it all boils down to is money or the lack of it.

So the issue boils down to whether there is a significant or a slight probability that God exists.

In order to estimate the probability, we should assess the arguments for and against the existence of God.

negligible (중요성 규모가 작아)무시해도 될 정도의

negligence (격식 또는 법률) 부주의, 태만, 과실

It follows that he should believe that the probability that God exists is ignorable and that he should not act on the negligible probability.

grave 중대한, //무덤

Pascal might retort that we insure a house even when there is a low probability that a fire will burn it down. No significant possibility is required to pay the insurance fee because the house's burning down would be a grave loss.

bliss 더 없는 행복 bless 축복을 빌다 <-> damnation

mere 겨우 - 의, -에 불과한/ 호수

Analogously, the eternal bliss that we will get if God exists is so great that the mere possibility that God exists is enough to motivate us to believe in God and live a religious life.

intrinsic 고유한, 본질적인/ 내재된

In other words, there is an intrinsic value in living a religious life. 

terrorize 공포에 떨게[사로잡히게] 하다. 

altogether 완전히, 전적으로

in the altogether 발가벗고

taken altogether 전체적으로 보아, 대체로 Be taken altogether, there were only five people present. 전체적으로 보아 5명 밖에 출석하지 않았다.

base 비열한

Atheists might argue that we should reject Pascal's Wager altogether because it terrorizes non-believers in order to make them believe that God exists. It is primitive, savage, and base to use the threat of punishment to persuade others. 

foregoing 앞서[방금]말한

Unfortunately, the foregoing reply is not convincing.

impose (새로운 법률,세금 등을) 도입[시행]하다.

stubborn 완곤한, 고집스러운

Furthermore, we actually impose punishment on them when they are stubborn.

depict (그림으로)그리다, 묘사하다.

Finally, the reality is not as simple as Pascal depicts.