Religious belief and praxis relation: john Cottingham view about priority of religious praxis over religious belief with emphasis on pascal view

Cottingham in following Pascal believes that we can not analyse religion in rational way in principle because it talks about transcendent being which is above our rational faculties and it use symbolic, allegoric, metaphoric language and some narratives. Thus it is impossible to prove or deny existence of God by only rational arguments. Nevertheless cottingham in following Pascal, showing rationality of theism not proving of theism by practical argument because he believes that religion is something more than theoretical doctrines. So the way of encountering God is practical not theoretical because human can not find God in theory. So that we can understand rationality of religious beliefs and feel presence of God by appealing to emotions and practical involvement with religious doctrines. therefore If we want to change ourselves, we must apply religious and spiritual practices.