His methodology in contrasting God’s goodness or perverse deceit makes him accept that there is a Deity, but He is not responsible for this state of animation. There is no mention of God or Deity in the other two readings. Another contrast would be, in The Matrix, everyone is hooked up to central computers, in Allegory of the Cave, the people are chained to a wall in a cave, and in Descartes writing, he is merely a prisoner of his own …show more content…
The answer to this question lies in each and everyone’s individual being. The answer for me would be two-fold. If the world or reality were as it is now, I would choose reality. Not to say I would not mind changing a few things, but for the most part this would be my choice. However, if the word had gone completely mad and everyone was against Christianity and no one believed in God or Christ, I might decide to live in “ignorant bliss.” My reason would be, because life without hope is no life at all. This is another age old question. “How can you know anything?” The simple answer is you cannot. We are taught from infancy to trust our senses; the fire is hot, do not touch it. Do you get burned if you go against that? Yes, you do. When you look with your eyes, you see the ocean. Is that true? Yes, it is. When you listen with your ears, you hear the wind or the birds. Is that true? Yes, it is. When you smell with your nose, night blooming jasmine, it has one of the loveliest fragrances in the world. Is that true? Yes, it is. So, to be deceived by your senses, everything would have to be a lie. I do not believe God has deceived us, and I believe what I see, feel, touch and smell to be real. However, I do believe that if there is life somewhere besides earth, that all of their perceptions might be different than