a critical study on "form of life" theory and "depth of penetration" in wittgenstein’s thought about religion

the meaningfulness of religion’s language is taking part in a form of life. without it, words, language and religious beliefs have no meaning at all. perceiving a religious belief and judge about it only in light of a form of life becomes possible. form of life as kai nielsen in his famous article “wittgensteinian fideism” (1967) explains, if viewed as a whole, could not be objected, because each form has its own criteria for reasonability/ irreasonability and understandability/ understandable aversion. in wittgenstein’s thought “form of life” theory is intended to restrict faith and connect it to form of life. he believes that form of life constitutes of actions, experiences, cultures and backgrounds. by taking part in a form of life we gradually achieve to “depth of penetration”. now we try to prove that this theory suffers from three problems: 1. being personal and hobby, 2. linguistic meta measurability, 3. irrationality.