New Project: Pensées

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The Lettres Provinciales are extremely popular. I heard this morning that the authorities are trying to find their clever author.

Good luck with that one, guys.

Anyway, I completely agree with this author, but I also believe Jansenism isn’t the only religion in need of protection. In fact, the entire Christian faith needs to be defended, what with the onset of skepticism and rationalism brought on by our society’s revolution in thinking! The revolution started with Galileo’s letter to Christina of Tuscany, in which he argued why there should be a balance between religion and logic. That makes sense, but now the scale is being tipped and the logic is coming out on top! How can one stand strong in his faith amid a changing world that is questioning seemingly all traditional religious ideas?

That is why I have started taking notes for my Pensées, a project I think will be finished in 10 years. It will detail my thoughts on theology.

In one on my passages, which I have thought of as The Wager, I use logic to explain why one should believe in God. My point is:

There is NO point to NOT believing in God! If you risk not believing in Him, and you die and discover that He is in fact real, you’ll have to suffer the consequences of choosing not to believe. Whereas if you die a believer and He turns out to be real, you’ll be rewarded for your faith; even if He does not exist, no harm could come to you.

Makes sense, right?
Remember to stand strong in your faith through these changing times, but don't be afraid to question. Use your logic to figure things out. As I have written in Pensées, "Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed."