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    All other causes and commitments are too small to fill th... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Faith in God alone provides happiness

    All other causes and commitments are too small to fill the existential void in human lives

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    The argument suggested in fragment #148 is that faith in God alone provides happiness, as theistic commitment alone results in happiness; while all other causes and commitments are chimera too small to fill the hole in our lives. While Pascal wrote of happiness, his argument might be re-focused toward meaning in life, perhaps by arguing that a genuinely or truly happy life will be a meaningful life. Would the existence of God make our lives meaningful? In this context “meaning in life” is a life

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