What we can learn from “Pascal’s Wager”?

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“I should be much more afraid of being mistaken and then finding out that Christianity is true than being mistaken in believing it to be true” (Pascal, Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal’s Pensées, 292). For the last three weeks, we’ve considered various aspects...

Pascal and the Pensées- Dealing with Our Mortality

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“This negligence in a matter where they themselves, their eternity, their all are at stake, fills me more with irritation than pity; it astounds and appalls me; it seems quite monstrous to me. I do not say this prompted by the pious zeal of spiritual devotion. I mean...

“Let’s Read a Book”: Pascal and the Pensées

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For about 10 years now, I’ve taught Philosophy and the History of Ideas at the College at Southeastern, and I’ve loved every minute of it. Aside from spending time with my students, one of the great pleasures of this job has been engaging a wide variety of literature...

The God of Inaccessible Light

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“Truly, Lord, this is the inaccessible light in which You dwell. For truly there is nothing else which can penetrate through it so that is might discover You there.” (Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion, ch. 15) Over the past few weeks I’ve highlighted a few nuggets from...

If God cannot sin is He really all-powerful?

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“And the more He can do these things, the more power adversity and perversity have over him and the less He has against them.” (Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion, ch. 7) Perhaps you’ve wondered this before: How can God be omnipotent (all-powerful) if He is unable to do...